headscarf

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None of the laws explicitly target the headscarf, but parliamentary debates and official explanatory documents prior to their introduction make clear that the headscarf is the focus.

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  • She wore a faded print dress and a black headscarf, and her weathered skin looked as shiny and brown as a cobnut. —  TheMediterraneanMillionaire’sMistress
  • None of the laws explicitly target the headscarf, but parliamentary debates and official explanatory documents prior to their introduction make clear that the headscarf is the focus. —  Spero News
  • To be sure, the headscarf issue signals changing private and public distinctions through the re-entry of religion into the public arena of modern Turkey. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • However, the latest move to okay Islamic female cops wearing the headscarf is the furtherance of Muslim inroads into Brit society. —  Mosquewatch.blogspot.com
  • Oslo - Female Norwegian police officers would in future likely be allowed to wear the hijab - the Muslim headscarf, as part of their uniform, the justice ministry said Wednesday. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
 

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