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In Germany, Debate Over Muslim Headscarf Rages On

Rhea Wessel | 29 Nov 2006
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Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles by Rhea Wessel on the rights of Muslim women in Europe, particularly Turkish women in Germany. The stories will appear occasionally on World Politics Review. Read the first article in the series here.

FRANKFURT, Germany -- Fed up with the status quo, a Turkish-born German politician in the Green Party has done just what many German politicians are afraid to do: She has called on Muslim women to take off their headscarves and "arrive in the modern world, arrive in Germany." ...

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