Sunday, April 24, 2011

'People to protest hijab ban in Turkey'



People in Turkey are set to stage a demonstration in protest at the hijab ban in the country and related restrictions, a report says.





(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Members of the non-governmental organisations have plan to hold a rally in the country's northwest on April 30 to voice their anger over the band on hijab alocal Turkies news egency reported on Saturday.
The rally will be reportedly organised by the Mazlum Association in the province of  Koceali, with the aim of pushing for complete freedom of Islamic hijab in Turkey.

Apart from people and culture associations in Turkey, people from other Turkish cities including Istanbul will also participate in the rally.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Edogan, who has been in power for seven years, has failed to lift the band on hijab.

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