You know, KeithL, it is not urgent; you have enough time to search about what Ataturk might have said about the subject/headscarf. I will highly appreciate your answer to my question whenever you feel you are ready to give an answer.

Till then, is there anyone else, preferably a hero(es), who is willing to or could give an answer to my question? Below will read you my situation and my question at the end:

Put all secularism, democracy, the republic laws, other muslims countries and the situations and women rights in those countries aside. I, too, need and will need secularism, democracy, the republic laws, and many more as much as everyone else needs. I have no problems with all these; they are always welcome. On the other hand, I do want to wear "turban", this is a human right, my right, my freedom. Just like everyone has the right and freedom not to wear turban wherever they like, I have the same to wear it wherever I like. So, how come my right and freedom to wear turban, can be forbidden?

My view is that one person sees an opportunity to get an education as progress. One step that was more than a thousand years in the making actually, if you want to go back even before Attaturk. Hopefully, one day the scarfs will be allowed once again.

i think everythings will be finer in our lovely country with the social agreement,and seems need a bit more time and to understand each other a bit more...

MrX67 - I beg you, please don't involve in, at least, this thread, and stop posting such clips from youtube as well, or that spoiled leander with her brain-like thing, will terribly scold all of us again!

MrX just using his rights illegal way brother,any harm?and MrX will be everywhere wheres goodness,friendship and peace

Freedom of religion in the US, someone mentioned here. I don't think so, especially in schools. They have abolished prayer in school and now the ten commandments. Know wonder we have so many kids who are unethical and have no morals. But it's not prohibited to wear a scarf or a cross of symbolic meaning to school. Before long I'm sure this to will be taken away. It's the minority who suffers! The majority says we should abolish smoking in restaurants even though we have smoking sections. Guess what nearly half the states in the US, you cannot smoke in a restaurant. I have decided over the last few months to change parties, I am now officially a libertarian. One last thing to mention concerning the post, you are permitted to wear head scarves in school & in public in the U.S. however, people do often judge it's book by it's cover. American woman have never really accepted the head scarf here in the U.S. and can't understand in todays world, in a country full of freedom (partially true) why a woman would want to hide herself. I am still puzzled with this as well, I have to admit. Woman are beautiful and shouldn't feel the need to hide their beauty no matter what religion they are. But on the other hand, I would never disrespect that person either. I understand customs and traditions and have a tolerance for such, but most people don't unfortunately.