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...missed opportunity. He could have explained that he has nothing to hide. Explained why there's nothing wrong with him dressing in ceremonial clothes on official visits - like batik Bill in Indonesia in 1994 or headscarf Hillary in Eritrea in 1997. Maybe even explained why his middle name is Hussein - what his heritage means, and what it doesn't mean. In short, to reintroduce himself to those general election voters who are just starting to pay closer attention...
...Kotb rushes through the door glancing at her watch, elegantly dressed in a burgundy and black suit, a matching silk headscarf and trendy black boots. Apologizing for being late, she sips her tea and nibbles on a cookie - no time for lunch - as she passionately discusses the profession into which she stumbled by chance. Having abandoned her dream of becoming a surgeon after the birth of her first daughter in the mid-'90s, she searched for a new interest to help her through what she recalls as "the darkest period of my life...
...While this method seems like the right one, it is not the national norm. That Harvard as an educational institution wants to make a contingent of undergraduates feel satisfied is reasonable. Indeed, just a few minutes on the elliptical machine in full sweatpants and a headscarf is an unpleasant prospect. We all benefit from diversity that is obtained through the right approach...
Even if wearing the headscarf expressed political opposition to secularism, continuing to ban it may be the riskier move for the secular republic. Powerful interest groups, as well as the general public—60 percent, according to one opinion poll—oppose the headscarf ban, and over 400 members of Turkey’s 550-member parliament voted for its repeal. Maintaining the ban despite such opposition would only foster further resentment against the government and its secular policies. The past generation has witnessed the ferocious backlash that can result against a blanket secularism imposed tactlessly, most notably...
...influence on society and a serious threat to a non-religious public life. While the ban may seem anathema to Western liberal countries that prioritize freedom of religious exercise, the unique political and demographic characteristics of Turkey have made the ban quite appropriate, especially as the headscarf has become a political symbol of religious conservatism. The issue here is not simply the rights of individual women to don the headscarf in the classroom, but what impact the repeal will have on women’s rights and secularism in the broader context of Turkey’s political climate. Despite...