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RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION ISSUE IN BULGARIAN SCHOOLS STILL UNRESOLVED

Thu, Sep 21 2006 09:00 CET

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Problems connected to the wearing religious symbols in Bulgarian schools and universities remained unsolved, mediapool.bg reported.

The issue led to heated public debate in Bulgaria in the past several weeks after 110 Turkish decided to attend classes in Plovdiv medical university wearing headscarves. The provost forbade such practices.

Another case involved two students in a highschool in Smolyan who asked for permission to go to school wearing headscarves. The request was turned down as the school had uniforms.

Commission for Protection Against Discrimination decided that the rejection did not violate the rights of the two girls as all students had to wear the same uniform.

Education Minister Daniel Vulchev said that if needed, he would suggest law changes to forbid the wearing of all religious symbols at schools and universities.

People came to different opinions when asked if the issue should be solved through changes in law.

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