20 Dec 2012 14:23

Putin on hijabs: we won't adopt alien traditions

MOSCOW. Dec 20 (Interfax) - President Vladimir Putin has opposed the wearing of hijabs by Muslim girls in Russian schools.

"There are no hijabs in our culture, and when I say our I mean our traditional Islam," he told a grand press conference in Moscow on Thursday.

"Authoritative statesmen in the Islamic world also say this should not be done. Shall we adopt alien traditions? Why would we do that?" he wondered.