Two parties in the Turkish parliament drew up plans to permit the wearing of the Islamic-style headscarf in universities.

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Earlier this year the same court overturned an AK law aimed at relaxing the ban on the Islamic-style headscarf in state universities.

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Nevertheless, the frustration of Turkish feminists, who fear they have lost ground to women demanding the right to wear Islamic-style headscarves in lectures, is understandable.

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The neo-Islamists, as the reformers call themselves, claim they can reconcile western-style pluralism with Islamic teachings.

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Turkey, meanwhile, under an elected Islamic government, is enacting Western-style reforms that should boost its chances of joining the European Union.

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The swing to Pas had little to do with Islam even though the long struggle between UMNO and Pas had years ago spawned an ever-escalating, arms-race-style contest to prove which party was more Islamic.

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Mr. JONATHAN LANDAY (Knight-Ridder): These attacks are continuations of the guerrilla-style war being waged by the Taliban, the radical Islamic movement that was swept from power here by the US-led intervention in 2001.

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Ghazi, in John Lennon-style glasses and a knitted woollen hat, looked more like an old hippie than like any sort of Islamic firebrand.

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Within the broad family of Islamic monuments, those of Thatta represent a particular type, notable for the fusion of diverse influences into a local style.

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