
Headscarf Ban: Teachers Are Free To Wear The Hijab Again In Berlin
The German capital’s local government is abolishing a regulation that forbade teachers from wearing the hijab in schools.

The German capital’s local government is abolishing a regulation that forbade teachers from wearing the hijab in schools.

But why add an additional restriction when existing laws prohibiting Islamic clothing are not enforced?
Attal of Renaissance wants to end “minors under 15 wearing the veil in public spaces.”
Politicians across party lines say the policy empowers young girls.
The current law banning wearing religious symbols aims to protect government neutrality.
A teachers’ union said allowing children to wear headscarves is not a matter of freedom, but a tool of discrimination and oppression.

Prime Minister Kurti explained that “there should not be a difference between the headscarf and other religious elements” in public life.

Two German firms were fine to ban Muslim women from wearing headscarves, the EU court has said. “A prohibition on wearing any visible form of expression of political, philosophical, or religious beliefs in the workplace may be justified by the employer’s need to present a neutral image towards customers or to prevent social disputes,” the […]