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[Otterman Ollie]

I see in yesterday's Turkish daily news the pm wants to overturn the ban on headscarves ,anyone hear alarm bells ringing ?

[Golightly]

No, but I hear the distant rumble of tanks coming over the hill....

Remember kids, Ataturk's always watching you! He always knows who's on the good list and on the naughty list!

[hobo]

[justme]

Is he checking it twice?

Is lifting the ban on headscarves the beginning of the slippery slope?

Or is it just relatively small and symbolic, and nothing will change?

I don't know. I'm just throwing it out there.

I will suggest, however, that Islamic democracy is still relatively untried in the world, and it can always take a face Westerners don't particularly care for.

If they lifted the ban on the fez, would it herald an era of cool hats, or a major fashion mistake?

[dmb]

Is the Fez still banned? I'm pretty sure that law was repealed otherwise you wouldn't get all those tourist fezes in Kapali Carsi

[justme]

Hmm. I just figured it was okay to wear the fez as part of a costume, but not wear it for real, as a hat.

It's the sexism built into the law, I think, as there isn't really any type of dress, like a headscarf, that men are required to wear as part of their religion. I mean, beards are looked down on, but not forbidden, and a very religious male can hold whatever job and enter/attend/work at a university, but a woman of the same convictions is banned from doing so because of the dress required of her.

[hobo]

[justme]

That's a whole 'nother can of worms...

[hobo]

[dmb]

What about bearded women?