The headscarf issue provokes strong reactions on both sides Turkey's parliament has approved two constitutional amendments easing the ban on women wearing Islamic headscarves in universities.
Every 15 minutes we were reminded of this. Sometimes they would comment for 15 minutes, and then remind us again!
This was the lead story of every news report every half hour.
How about in a hospital setting? Shortly before my mother's death, I saw two Muslim nurses wearing their scarves go from room to room. They changed outer disposabel gown-garments and masks due to MRSA, but that same scarf was in the presence of every patient.
Governments, schools, et al should be non religious (unless it's something like Elms College, of course...) but...
there are certain holidays recognized by governments that are religious, obviously. Christmas is a Federal holiday, and as such doesn't really fall into the Religious category (you can celebrate Christmas without being a Christian).
It's the bending over backwards to accomodate religion that irritates me. I guess if the women want to wear head scarves, then by all means they should be allowed to do so, but there were some attending schools wearing hats and wigs that covered their heads.
But the real irritating factor to me wqas the amount of time devoted by the BBC to the topic. They treated it like it was a major news story, when it's a 2nd or 3rd page blurb at best.
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