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Saturday, July 08, 2006
German Ban On Muslim Teacher Wearing Headscarf Found Discriminatory
In the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, an administrative tribunal has found illegal discrimination in a Stuttgart school's enforcement of a law that prohibits "outward expressions that undermine the neutrality of the government or peace between political and religious creeds in school." The school refused to permit a Muslim teacher to wear a headscarf while she taught, but Catholic nuns are permitted to wear veils when they teach. Expatica as well as Jurist both covered the decision yesterday.