Reflections on Hijab ban in Muslim Turkey and a Hijab ‘revolution’ in the Liberal West

Reflections on Hijab ban in Muslim Turkey and a Hijab ‘revolution’ in the Liberal West

Hijab ban protects women's rights and Turkey's secular constitution

By Farzana Hassan, Nov 03, 2008

One would need assurances for example, that women who reject the hijab would not be subjected to coercion in the matter, simply because the orthodoxy considers it a religious requirement. The lifting of the ban in Turkey would have empowered the fundamentalist Islamic forces, resulting in the almost certain marginalization and oppression of women, reducing their role in society to one of subservience and subjugation. This would be tantamount to providing leverage to the religious right in their ceaseless attempts to enforce compliance for the practice where it is not voluntary.

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