Sibel Tatar opposes hijab rule in north’s schools
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s wife Sibel Tatar on Wednesday came out against the north’s ruling coalition’s legalisation of the wearing of hijabs at schools, and said ...
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North ‘govt’ re-legalises wearing of hijabs at schools
The north’s ruling coalition on Tuesday night for the second time legalised the wearing of hijabs by children at public schools in the north.
Following a cabinet meeting, ‘government’ ...
13,000 Turkish Cypriots march against plan to legalise hijabs in schools
An estimated 13,000 Turkish Cypriots took to the streets of northern Nicosia on Tuesday evening to protest against the ruling coalition’s attempts to legalise the wearing of hijabs and other ...
Denktash: It is unacceptable to use a child to politicise religion
It is “unacceptable to use a child to politicise religion”, Serdar Denktash, the son of influential late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, said on Saturday, in response to the ongoing ...
‘Hijab-clad children should be escorted into schools by the police’
Children wearing hijabs should be escorted into Turkish Cypriot schools by the police, the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Friday, as what some in the media have ...
Tatar denies meeting Turkish ambassador over north’s ‘headscarf crisis’
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar late on Thursday night denied that the subject of a behind-closed-doors meeting he had held with Turkish ambassador Ali Murat Basceri and the north’s ‘...
Tatar demands legal action against teachers who ‘disturbed peace’ in hijab protest
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday night demanded that legal action be taken against teachers who “disturbed our peace” while protesting against the legalisation of the wearing of hijabs ...
School principal hospitalised amid hijab dispute in the north
The principal of a high school in the north was hospitalised after fainting during a tense dispute over a female student wearing a hijab who was denied entry to the ...
Regulation to legalise hijab in schools cancelled in the north
Following protests and a ‘supreme court’ appeal by the teachers’ unions Ktoeos and Ktoes, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel has announced that the regulation allowing headscarves in schools has ...
Turkish Cypriots protest against legalisation of hijabs in schools
Turkish Cypriots on Friday descended on the north’s ‘education ministry’ building to protest against the ‘government’s’ decision to amend regulations regarding schools’ dress codes to allow pupils to ...
Outrage in north as hijab wearing legalised in schools
Teachers and opposition political figures in the north reacted with outrage after the ruling coalition amended regulations regarding schools’ dress codes to allow pupils to wear hijabs from Monday onwards.
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Protests outside north’s ‘education ministry’ over controversial textbooks
There were tense scenes outside the north’s ‘education ministry’ building on Thursday as trade unions staged a protest against controversial “non-secular” new textbooks.
‘Education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu was booed ...
Iran protests: majority of people reject compulsory hijab and an Islamic regime, surveys find
By Pooyan Tamimi Arab and Ammar Maleki
A young woman’s death in custody in Iran on September 16 has sparked nationwide protests. Mahsa Amini’s fatal injuries resulted from an ...
Young Muslim women protest proposed French ban
Sixteen year-old Mariem Chourak is a devout Muslim who considers wearing a hijab an expression of her devotion to the Prophet Mohammad, but a proposal by French senators might soon ...