Thursday, June 5, 2008

Turkey, a secular extremist?

When religion takes a fanatic turn, Taliban/Saudi type societies come into being, when secularism takes a fanatic turn, Turkey-like societies come into being, it seems ...

This was a news headline on BBC today:

"Court annuls Turkish scarf reform"

In other words, if you wear a head scarf, you cannot attend a public university.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7438348.stm

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