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| Berlin court bars teacher from wearing headscarf at work |
| 2018-05-10 |
| [PRESSTV] A court in the German capital, Berlin, has upheld a law preventing a Moslem teacher from wearing a headscarf to work, rejecting her discrimination complaint. The Berlin labor court ruled Wednesday that the city-state’s so-called neutrality law prohibiting all religious clothing for public school teachers, coppers and judicial employees doesn’t violate the teacher’s constitutional right to religious freedom, according to Germany’s DPA news agency. The ruling could still be appealed. Justice Arne Boyer noted that the teacher had agreed to follow the neutrality law when she was employed. Such bans are decided on a state level in Germany. In 2015, the Federal Constitutional Court on appeal struck down a law in North Rhine-Westphalia that prohibit headscarves, but exempted "Christian and Western educational and cultural values or traditions" from its ban. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Catholic nuns hit hardest. [do I need to put a /s on that?] |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2018-05-10 06:58 |