December 11, 2007 -

South German high court upholds hijab ban for state employees

Euro-Islam16 years ago01 mins

The highest court in the south German state of Hesse upheld a hijab ban for all state employees which became law in 2004, press reports said Monday. The hijbab ban does not violate constitutional rights, the high court found. According to the controversial law, state employees in Hesse are barred from wearing pieces of clothes…

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UK Muslims warned against ‘victim culture’

Euro-Islam16 years ago15 years ago01 mins

The Conservative peer who helped negotiate the release of the primary school teacher jailed in Sudan for allowing her pupils to name a teddy bear Mohamed attacked her fellow British Muslims today for their “victim culture”. Baroness Warsi, a Conservative spokeswoman on community cohesion, also criticised Labour for its “patronage politics” and for having encouraged…

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