Thousands Kosovo Albanians staged a protest rally Friday in Pristina after girls were banned from school for refusing to take off their Muslim headscarves.

The protesters, who carried signs saying “Stop Discrimination” and chanted “Allahu Akbar” (God is great), demanded that the Kosovo government allow the wearing of religious symbols in schools.

They also urged the authorities to reverse the recent suspension of several girls from school because they were wearing the headscarf.

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, adopting a secular constitution which stipulates the separation of religious and state authority.

With an overwhelming Muslim majority (over 90%) but a tradition of moderate Islam at ease with Western values, the government prohibits girls from attending public schools wearing the headscarf.   »»» Vancouver Sun (Canada)

How strange the world is! In most parts of Canada and the U.S., whose Muslim populations are less than 10%, Muslim girls are able to wear a headscarf and the State routinely supports that right. Yet in Turkey and now Kosovo, which are overwhelmingly Muslim, the State denies that right while claiming separation of religion and the State and the religious faith of the people. A State that imposes a headscarf ban while claiming to be a secular State is hyprocrisy or even worse it is in fact the imposition of a a State approved anti0-religion on the people.

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