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A professor was stabbed after defending the state's ban on Islamic-style head scarves, newspapers reported Tuesday.
Zekeriya Beyaz, theology dean of Istanbul's Marmara University, told female students Monday that they would have to abide by the law and take off their head scarves if they wanted to attend class, the Sabah newspaper reported.
An unidentified assailant stabbed Beyaz three times in the chest as students were leaving the hall, newspapers said. The wounds were not life-threatening.
Police detained the assailant and dozens of students after the attack.
Women wearing head scarves frequently protest the ban outside Turkey's universities.
Turkey, an overwhelmingly Muslim
country, is governed by strict secular laws. The state, backed by the powerful
military, sees any move to give religion more prominence in Turkish society
as an attempt to undermine the secular state.
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