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Thursday, 31 May 2018

Burqa bans, headscarves and veils: a timeline of legislation in the west

European states have moved over the years to outlaw Muslim headwear in public

The movement to limit women wearing headscarves and Muslim veils, such as the burqa and niqab, has been growing in Europe for more than a decade. Now the European court of justice, the EU’s highest court, has ruled that employers can ban staff from wearing headscarves, its first decision on the issue of employees wearing visible religious symbols at work.

Related: Employers can ban staff from wearing headscarves, European court rules

When you are coming into contact either with different institutions or, for instance, you are in court, or you need to see someone’s face at the border, then I would always back the authorities or the institutions that have put in place proper and sensible rules.

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from Islam | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2mnDQa5

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