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The ruling was widely seen as a victory for Turks who claimed this maintained Turkey's separation of state and religion. In 2013, the headscarf ban in public institutions was lifted through a decree, even though the ban officially stood through court decisions. [50] The ban on wearing hijab in high schools ended in 2014. [51]
Two mannequins; one to the left wearing a hijab on the head and one to the right veiled in the style of a niqab.. Various styles of head coverings, most notably the khimar, hijab, chador, niqab, paranja, yashmak, tudong, shayla, safseri, carşaf, haik, dupatta, boshiya and burqa, are worn by Muslim women around the world, where the practice varies from mandatory to optional or restricted in ...
In 1998, a Turkish student was banned for wearing a headscarf at Istanbul University. [142] In 2000, Nuray Bezirgan, a Turkish student, wore a headscarf at her college final exams. [ 142 ] A Turkish court sentenced her to six months in jail for "obstructing the education of others". [ 142 ]
Police in Iran shut down the Turkish Airlines office in the capital of Tehran, Iranian media reported Tuesday, after female employees there apparently refused to wear the mandatory headscarf, or ...
Employees can be banned from wearing signs of religious belief such as the Islamic headscarf in EU member states, the bloc’s top court ruled on Tuesday.. The wearing of the hijab has divided ...
A yashmak, yashmac or yasmak (from Turkish yaşmak, "a veil" [1]) is a Turkish and Turkmen type of veil or niqāb worn by women to cover their faces in public. Today, there is almost no usage of this garment in Turkey.
An Iranian underground singer and her band members have been arrested for streaming a live performance on YouTube without wearing a hijab.. Parastoo Ahmadi and her two band members were arrested ...
The burqa is worn by women in various countries. Some countries have banned it in government offices, schools, or in public places and streets. There are currently 16 states that have banned the burqa and niqab, both Muslim-majority countries and non-Muslim countries, including Tunisia, [1] Austria, Denmark, France, Belgium, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, [2] Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of ...