German Court Rules Against Muslim School Teacher

In Germany, the Superior Administrative Court in Bremen has ruled against a Muslim public school teacher who insists on wearing a headscarf while teaching. Bernama reports today that the decision upholds an amendment to Section 38 of the School Act enacted by the Bremen Parliament in June providing: "Teachers at public schools... are not allowed to exercise political, religious, ideological or similar manifestations that may endanger or disturb the neutrality of the country towards pupils or parents or the political, religious or ideological peace of the school." The judges held that the head scarf constitutes an "abstract danger for the education mandate given to the state and also for the peace in school".