Updated: April 4, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Tunisian protesters demand headscarves (8 images)
Running counter to previous policy, the Tunisian interior ministry announced that women will be allowed to wear headscarves in their official identification papers. The protests, attended by a large number of Islamists, contributed to the change.
A Tunisian soldier hold Tunisia flag, as Islamists protest against the Tunisian government demanding for the wearing of the veil for all Tunisian women on April 2, 2011 in Tunis. Tunisian women will soon be allowed to wear the Islamic headscarf in photographs on their identity papers, according to an announcement from the interior ministry. UPI\Hichem Borni
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Tunisian soldiers take their position as Islamists protest against the Tunisian government demanding for the wearing of the veil for all Tunisian women on April 2, 2011 in Tunis. Tunisian women will soon be allowed to wear the Islamic headscarf in photographs on their identity papers, according to an announcement from the interior ministry. UPI\Hichem Borni
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Tunisian Islamists shout slogans as they attend a protest against the Tunisian government demanding for the wearing of the veil for all Tunisian women on April 2, 2011 in Tunis. Tunisian women will soon be allowed to wear the Islamic headscarf in photographs on their identity papers, according to an announcement from the interior ministry. UPI\Hichem Borni
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Tunisian Islamists shout slogans as they attend a protest against the Tunisian government demanding for the wearing of the veil for all Tunisian women on April 2, 2011 in Tunis. Tunisian women will soon be allowed to wear the Islamic headscarf in photographs on their identity papers, according to an announcement from the interior ministry. UPI\Hichem Borni
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