Kosovo Muslims protest headscarf ban

Kosovo Muslims pray outside in a parking lot in capital Pristina on Friday. Hundreds of Kosovo Muslims demanded from the government to reverse its decision to ban use of Muslim headscarf in schools. The protesters gathered Friday outside the government building in the capital carrying placards reading "Stop Discrimination" and "Unveil the mind, not the head." (AP )

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: Oct 8, 2010 18:06 Updated: Oct 8, 2010 23:25

PRISTINA, Kosovo: Hundreds of Kosovo Muslims have demanded the government reverse its decision to ban use of Muslim headscarf in schools.

The protesters gathered Friday outside the government building in the capital carrying placards reading “Stop Discrimination” and “Unveil the mind, not the head.” While Kosovo’s constitution guarantees religious freedom, education authorities have banned the display of religious symbols — including the wearing of headscarfs — in schools.

Most recently, a 16-year old girl was suspended from high school for wearing a headscarf.

Some 90 percent of Kosovo’s 2 million people are ethnic Albanian Muslims, majority of whom are secular.

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