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Pushing an Islamic Agenda? Turkey Lifts Ban on Headscarves in Religious Schools

Nov. 29, 2012 8:10am Billy Hallowell

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Secularists are voicing frustration after the Turkish government lifted a ban on headscarves at religious schools. Those in protest of the move believe that officials may be pushing an Islamic agenda, something that would create angst among those seeking to ensure certain church-state separatist values remain in tact.

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan claims that new changes, including the lift on the veil ban, were ushered in based on public input and reaction. However, his AK Party has been accused by critics of seeking to impose Islamic values through legislation and rule-making, with the change in veiling the latest supposed example. Uniforms, too, will no longer be required.

Secularists fear Erdogan’s push for a “religious youth” and education reforms that have heightened the role of faith-based schools may be part of a more sinister intention. Cumhuriyet, a secularist, Turkish newspaper claims that the change is a step in the direction of making the education system more Islamic in nature.

“This will end with chadors,” proclaimed one of the newspaper’s headline (a chador is a full Islamic cloak that some Islamic women wear).

The education union, Egitim-Sen, was also critical of the amendments that were made.

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“The changes in the clothing regulations are important in enabling us to see the intense degree to which the education system is being made religious,” read a statement from the group. “Religious symbols which spread a religious lifestyle in schools and which will have a negative impact on the psychology of developing children should definitely not be used.”

Tuesday’s change to veiling in religious schools (students can also wear headscarves while learning Koranic lessons on other, non-religious institutions as well) goes into effect in the 2013-2014 school year. Despite claims to the contrary, Erdogan said that he does not have an Islamist agenda and that he is merely enacting the will of his people.

“Let’s allow everyone to dress their child as they wish, according to their means,” he said on Tuesday. ”These are all steps taken as a result of a demand.”

(H/T: Reuters)

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Patriot760
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 12:16pm
Just look to the Armenian Genocide. That will tell you all you need to know about Turks and Kurds. The Azeris are just as bad. The only Christian nation in that area is Armenia and we constantly ignore them.

The Turks want the caliphate back. They’ll show their true colors even more.

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jessieH
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:50am
They must have a lot of mosquitos in Turkey.

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Eastinfection
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:27am
Turkey and headscarves don’t go well together…
the stuffing always sticks to them and they soak up far too much of the gravy.

You can wrap the gizzard in a head-scarf, though. that will help keep it from smelling putrid in the trash can.

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term limits for congress
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:03am
I thought Turkey wanted to join the EU. Looks like they’d rather join the calliphate.

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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:53am
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We should have something like that here in the U.S.. A full Body Veil to cover up FAT Chicks who think they can wear Skinny Jeans………….

And we also need a ban on Spandex……..

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:11am
  Amen. Do these fat slobs not have mirrors?
  
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CASDEE10
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:38am
Now, we will know who will be attacked.

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keepfaith78
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:24am
i wanted to respond to bill mayers comment about white people last time i checked he was white maybe he should get a color change that way he could speak more freely about whites

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- Banter
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:52am
  Maher is the white Al Sharpton.
  
  Their goal is not to end racism (perceived or real), but to keep it in the mainstream so they maintain some semblance of relevance, and of course, keep the cash pooring into their bank accounts.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:21am
That Arab spring is spreading like aids huh Barry? All your hard work to make sure you spread ‘democracy’ is really paying off. Egypt’s gearing up for a civil war and the Turks are friendly with Iran,it’s almost like a plan to spread the lunacy of Islam.

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:53am
  Obama has ensured the return of the Caliphate faster than ever before, he is supplying them arms and positioning via the UN the board for the final elimination of Israel in the name of ‘liberating the people of Palestine.’
  
  We will be at war all too soon.
  
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- PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:36am
  Oil money from the West have given this insane political cult the power to break through “The Gates of Vienna”. At the siege of Vienna 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war. Now gang rapes by muslim gangs are daily feature in the British press. They are so politically correct they call them “asian gangs”. Google or Bing “gates of Vienna”. It’s a very interesting story. One of the reasons Columbus was sent from Spain to find land was to get away from Islam. In Spain when the terrorist over took there heads were piled so high in the streets you could not see over the top of the piles of heads. http://www.american thinker.com/video/2012/09/why_we-are_afraid_a_1400_year_secret_by-dr-bill_warner.html
  
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