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Hijab ban at schools in Azerbaijan: What's behind the rare wave of protests?

Girls wearing headscarves have been turned away from schools in Azerbaijan, triggering unusual protests involving children. The government rules do not mention hijabs.

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Girls wearing headscarves have been turned away from schools in Azerbaijan, triggering unusual protests involving children. The government rules do not mention hijabs. Why are schools enforcing unwritten rules? A dispute over Islamic headscarves in Azerbaijani schools has triggered protests at home and an unusual exchange of criticism between politicians in Azerbaijan and Turkey , two countries whose leaders routinely describe their relationship as that of "one nation, two states".

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