Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, said wearing a headscarf should be left to the discretion of Muslim women... ..."I believe women shouldn't be forced to wear chador (scarf) or any other kind of hejab (scarf). At the same time, I believe they shouldn't be forced to remove it from their heads. This is Muslim women's choice," she told a Tokyo news conference.She has more good things to say too.
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