March 3, 2009
Source: The New York Times
Wire Service: Reuters
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/world/asia/04briefs-HEADSCARVESB_BRF.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y
Kyrgyzstan, a predominantly Muslim country in Central Asia, has banned head scarves from schools to protect children from religious influence, an official said Tuesday. “We are a secular state,” the official, Damira Kudaibergenova of the Education Ministry, said.