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Court upholds German school ban on headscarf
A German court ruled on Tuesday to uphold a regional ban on teachers wearing the Muslim headscarf in public schools, rejecting the complaint of a convert to Islam.The Baden-Wuerttemberg state administrative court in the southern city of Stuttgart ruled teachers may be kept from covering their heads in the classroom if they do so for religious reasons. The decision overturned a ruling by a lower court in July 2006, saying the teacher in question had the right to wear the headscarf because Roman Catholic nuns elsewhere in the state wore habits when they taught at public school. The directive issued by the school administration for those working at the school not to wear such a head covering is lawful, the court said in a statement, summarising the ruling made Friday. This also applies when the teacher in question is an employee with tenure who has worked at a school for several years with such a head covering without complaints from pupils or students. The plaintiff, who has taught at a joint elementary and secondary school for more than three decades, converted to Islam in 1984. She had worn a traditional Muslim headscarf in the classroom since 1995 during which time no objections were raised. Posted by: Fred 2008-03-19 |
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