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turban

tur buhn

  • n  a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
  • n  a small round woman's hat

  • Her innovations were basic to the wardrobes of generations of women: jersey suits and dresses, the draped turban, the chemise, pleated skirts, the jumper, turtleneck sweaters, the .
  • One showed Muhammad with his turban depicted as a bomb--not exactly a fresh image to describe Islamic terrorism.
  • Young Indian Sikhs wear turbans.
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  • Ravi Kahlon in Times Colonist
    I want to show that you can wear a turban and still be Canadian,said Kahlon, a graduate of Lambrick Secondary School.
  • John Howard in NEWS.com.au
    I don't think it's practical to bring in such a prohibition,Mr Howard said. "If you ban a headscarf you might, for consistency's sake, have to ban a ...... turban. It does become rather difficult and rather impractical."
  • Maryam Rajavi in New York Times
    In Britain those wearing articles of faith including Turbans are treated equally. Many Turban wearing Sikhs are police officers, army officers and judges. Therefore I would ask French authorities to reconsider their position and treat Sikhs as... Neena Gill http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neena_Gill&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEUBLKWbIogojwClctUdDlPkwcp2A Islamic Republic News Agency http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0706116935231226.htm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFugY1EvJnWfZC_-y8M0fAKqSUMsw Jun 11, 2007 102574 136190 turbaned No to turbaned fascism, no to stoning, to executions and amputations, no to the obligatory veil, to obligatory religion, to imposed government," the council leader, Maryam Rajavi, told the crowd.

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