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Published 08 Oct, 2010 11:40pm

Kosovo Muslims protest headscarf ban

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 per cent of Kosovo's 2 million people are ethnic Albanian Muslims, majority of whom are secular.

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