Hawzah News Agency- The platform made the call during a public statement outside Bursa’s historic Ulu Mosque, where participants gathered to protest restrictions on the wearing of headscarves in schools in Azerbaijan.
Emphasising the importance of religious freedom and respect for Islamic values, the platform urged Azerbaijan to learn from Türkiye’s past experience with headscarf restrictions and avoid repeating policies that, it said, caused deep social harm. Yusuf Özgör read the statement on behalf of the group.
Özgör said Azerbaijan, a predominantly Muslim country, should uphold the religious rights of its citizens and ensure that no one faces discrimination because of their beliefs.
“Muslim women’s headscarves are a requirement of their faith. No one can or should be deprived of the right to education or other public rights because of their beliefs,” he said.
He argued that preventing women and girls from accessing educational institutions because they wear the headscarf undermines fundamental rights and places an unjust burden on people seeking to practise their religion.
Referring to Türkiye’s 28 February period, when headscarf restrictions affected women’s access to education and public institutions, Özgör urged Azerbaijani authorities to draw lessons from the country’s recent history.
“Learn from what Türkiye experienced in its recent history,” he said, warning against measures that marginalise people because they remain committed to their religious values.
Özgör also rejected attempts to separate people from their religious, historical and cultural identities, arguing that pressure on religious expression would not erase deeply rooted beliefs but could instead deepen divisions within society.
Source: ilkha
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