Tag: hijab ban
New Austrian Conservative-Green government doubles down on anti-immigration, anti-Islam stance
Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Chancellor and leader of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) has pulled off a remarkable political feat: having governed in a...
Austrian Chancellor Kurz announces project to ban the hijab from kindergartens,...
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s rapid rise to power has always been centred on his promise to curb immigration and uphold Austria’s identity as a...
Bavarian court upholds hijab ban in the judiciary
Germany’s long-running judicial wrangling over the ability of Muslim women to wear the hijab in public employment has been enriched by a further episode....
Germany: Dismissal because of headscarf
July 10, 2014
A hospital in the city of Dortmund has nonretained a nurse because of her decision to wear a headscarf. The thirty six-...