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"I defend a woman's right to wear a headscarf as much as I defend a woman's right to wear a miniskirt." ⇒

   10 December 2006, mid-afternoon

Politics in Turkey certainly is complicated. This quote comes from Turkish MP Egeman Bagis, who is part of the Islamist party currently in power. Islamic parties apparently don't last long in Turkey because the military will depose those parties it thinks are messing up Turkey's secular system of government.

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Comments

  1. Woot! Secular rules.

    by Victor on December 11 2006, 11:09 am   #

  2. I agree, but Turkey seems to be going about it wrong in my opinion. Freedom of religion is a reasonable thing to expect in a democracy. You should be able to go to University and wear a head scarf. It’s discriminatory otherwise. (Here is a Frontline video on this topic.)

    by ramanan on December 11 2006, 11:25 am   #

  3. Yup, I agree with regards to freedom of expression.

    However my personal opinion on religion (overall) is negative, so if I were to set rules, there would be no religion in my school. And I would know that I am hurting freedom of expression, but my own convictions would have to win out, which is not dissimilar to strong feelings people have towards religion. (Personal Rant)

    by Victor on December 11 2006, 5:32 pm   #

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