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Bin Laden's statement came on the same day that Pakistan's Election Commission announced the date for Pakistan's parliament to elect a new President - a vote in which Musharraf plans to seek a second term. But, for the past week, the Supreme Court has been considering several legal...
The most contentious case is over Article 63 of the constitution, requiring that candidates for elected office, among other things, must have been retired from the military for at least two years, so as to prevent the power and influence of the military being brought to bear on the democratic...
Erdogan's comments have sparked fresh hand-wringing in Turkey about where the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) may be headed in its attempts to reform Turkey's secular constitution. They have also raised questions about the role of women in this predominantly Muslim society. "We always knew that...
Not long after winning reelection in a landslide this summer, the mildly pro-Islamic Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is pressing ahead with one of the most sensitive issues in Turkish politics. Erdogan told reporters this week that he favors lifting the ban on the wearing of Islamic...
First elected in 2002, Erdogan has until now skirted the politically sensitive headscarf issue. But the July election, in which his party won 47% of the popular vote, together with the appointment last month of President Abdullah Gul, a conservative Muslim, appear to have emboldened the religiously conservative party. One...