Turkish court set to rule on headscarf law

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ANKARA, June 5 (AFP): Turkey's top court was set Thursday to rule on a law allowing women to wear Islamic headscarves in universities, in a case with possible repercussions for the survival of the country's ruling party.

The main opposition party has asked the Constitutional Court to abolish the law which was pushed through parliament in February by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) which has its roots in a banned Islamist movement.

Opponents say the constitutional amendment allowing the headscarves poses a threat to Muslim Turkey's secular principles.

The case has taken on an added dimension amid ongoing legal efforts, also before the Constitutional Court, to have the AKP outlawed on charges that it is covertly seeking to install an Islamist regime.