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Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay on July 19 condemned a ruling by the top EU court allowing the banning of headscarves under certain conditions.

"I strongly condemn such an ambivalent decision that destroys the freedom of religion and conscience," Fuat Oktay told reporters in the capital Ankara after offering Eid prayers.

Abdel-Hakim Ourghi has written books including “You Don’t Have to Wear a Headscarf” and “Reform Islam: 40 Theses”

The curses, addressed to potential thieves, almost always promised the most dreadful way to die if you stole a book

Austria's constitutional court on Dec. 11 struck down a law introduced last year which banned the headscarf in primary schools, saying the measure was unconstitutional and discriminatory.

In a statement explaining the decision, the court said the law "contravened the principle of equality in relation to freedom of religion, belief and conscience."

A headscarf-wearing woman, a physiotherapy student in the northwestern province of Sakarya, has drawn the reaction of conservative circles after she posted a video of her exercise routines to stay healthy amid the coronavirus pandemic that has barred people from leaving their houses.

France's upper house of the parliament on May 16 adopted a bill that prohibits mothers from wearing headscarves while accompanying the students on school trips.

A spate of unprecedented protests against Iran’s mandatory headscarves for women have been tiny in number, but have still reignited a debate that has preoccupied the Islamic republic since its founding.

Education authorities in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa’s Bozova district have launched an investigation into the management of a middle school and a teacher after reports that the teacher made girls attending the class wear headscarves.

The police discriminated against a Muslim female officer by forbidding her to wear a headscarf when interacting with the public, the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights ruled on Nov. 20, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) launched an investigation against a mufti over his sexist comments insinuating women who do not wear the headscarf were like "products sold at half price" on Sept. 22.