Headscarf Ban: First Application for Repeal of the law...
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The headscarf ban for under 14-year-old girls at Austria's schools has been in force since today, Monday. The Constitutional Court has already received an application to repeal the law.
Austria's ban on the use of the Islamic headscarf on schoolgirls under 14 will face a first test today. Schools are opening today in the capital Vienna and other states with organisations, including the largest Muslim organisation, calling it discriminatory by denouncing it and open to challenge it in the courts. The governing alliance with the participation of three centrists parties proposed a ban on schools on the grounds that The freedom of …
The government says it wants to protect girls and promote gender equality, but the measure is contested by Muslim associations
Austria's ban on the use of the hijab for female students is already facing opposition from Muslim and humanitarian organizations.
Austria's ban on the Islamic headscarf for schoolgirls under 14 will face its first test today as schools reopen in the capital Vienna and other states, with groups including the country's largest Muslim organisation calling it discriminatory and threatening to challenge it in court. The ruling coalition, which includes three centrist parties, proposed the ban in schools on the grounds that it would protect girls' freedom.
Austria's ban on the Islamic headscarf for schoolgirls under 14 will face its first test today as schools reopen in the capital Vienna and other states, with organizations, including the largest Muslim organization, calling it discriminatory and threatening to challenge it in court.
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