European Court OKs Turkish School's Required Photo Without Headscarf

On Monday, the European Court of Human Rights rejected an attack on regulations promulgated by Turkey's Higher Education Council, according to a report in Zaman. After losing in Turkey's administrative courts and State Council, Emine Arac, a student at the Marmara University Theology Faculty, appealed to the European Court claiming that her school required her to submit a picture of herself without her headscarf when she registered for classes. However the court held that the requirement does not violate the protections for religion and expression, or infringe the right to an education, guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights.