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By Seyit Aydogan TORONTO (AA): A top court in Canada’s Quebec province has ruled in favor of a woman after a judge told her Muslim headscarf violated the rules of courtroom modesty. On February 2015, Rania El-Alloul was told by provincial court’s judge that she would have to remove her headscarf in order to […]

19th Sep 2018

European rights court slams Belgium on headscarf issue

By Hajer M’tiri PARIS (AA): The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday convicted Belgian authorities for violating the EU Convention on Human Rights by excluding a Muslim woman from a courtroom for refusing to remove her headscarf. In 2007, the applicant, referred to by the EU court as “Mrs Lachiri”, was attending a […]

11th Sep 2018

Austria mulls to expand headscarf ban in schools

By Askin Kiyagan VIENNA (AA): Expanding the range of headscarf bans for students and teachers in secondary school should be discussed throughout the country, especially in parliament, Austria’s Education Minister said on Monday. Speaking at Austrian state television ORF on a draft law to ban Muslim girls to wear headscarves in kindergartens and primary […]

12th Aug 2018

Belgium: Girl denied internship due to headscarf

By Serife Cetin BRUSSELS (AA): Betul Baslik, a Turkish-origin social services and pedagogy graduate, has been denied an internship by a Belgian retirement home due to her headscarf. Born and raised in Belgium, Baslik told Anadolu Agency that she had recently been accepted to pursue her master’s degree at Vrije University Brussels, and she […]

22nd Jun 2018

Nigeria: Hijab OK’d for Muslim barred from call to bar

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): A female law student barred from the country’s call to bar last year for wearing the Muslim head covering (hijab) has been asked to attend the ceremony billed for later this year. Firdaus Amasa was denied access to the call to bar ceremony in the capital Abuja for […]

10th May 2018

Germany: Berlin court insists on headscarf ban

By Ayhan Simsek BERLIN (AA): A Berlin court ruled on Wednesday against a Muslim primary school teacher who wanted to wear her headscarf at work. The labour court argued that the school administration’s decision to not allow the teacher to wear the hijab was in conformity with the Berlin’s “neutrality law”, which prohibits public […]

28th Apr 2018

Kenya: Muslims at Kenya Medical college barred for wearing hijab

By Andrew Wasike and Magdalene Mukami NAIROBI, Kenya (AA): Female Muslim students at the Kenya Medical Training College in Mwingi town were denied entry Friday for wearing the hijab. Several female Muslim students at the Kenya Medical Training College in Mwingi, have accused the school’s management of discrimination, after they were barred from accessing […]

14th Apr 2018

Austria: Chancellor reiterates hijab ban in meet with Muslim body

By Askin Kiyagan VIENNA (AA): Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in a meeting with representatives of the country’s Muslim body on Friday reiterated his stance on a headscarf ban in kindergarten and primary schools. Kurz met Ibrahim Olgun, the head of the Islamic Religious Authority of Austria (IGGO) and the authority’s representative for women Carla […]

6th Apr 2018

Austrian Muslims condemn hijab ban proposal

By Askin Kiyagan VIENNA (AA): Austrian Muslims and a number of other civil society associations on Thursday strongly condemned a legal proposal to impose a ‘hijab’ ban after it was announced by the Austrian prime minister. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Wednesday said that legal preparations were under way to ban the hijab (headscarf worn […]

1st Feb 2018

Nigeria: Nigerian Muslim women decry discrimination

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): Nigerian Muslim women on Wednesday called for banning all discriminations against their religious head-covering (Hijab). “Al-Mu’minaat (an organization of Muslim women in Nigeria) is seeking that legislations be made to specifically criminalize discrimination, harassment, molestation and persecution of Muslim girls and ladies in the religious gear, the Hijab,” […]

23rd Jan 2018

Italy: Muslim trainee lawyer humiliated over ejection from court due to hijab

By Ecenur Colak ROME (AA): A Moroccan-born Muslim trainee lawyer said Monday she felt humiliated after a judge ejected her last week from an administrative court in northern Italy for refusing to remove her headscarf. At a hearing in Regional Administrative Court in Bologna, Asmae Belfakir, 25, was asked by Judge Giancarlo Mozzarelli to […]

26th Dec 2017

Austria: Education minister to ban hijab for school teachers

By Askin Kiyagan VIENNA (AA): Recent remarks by Austria’s newly appointed Education Minister Heinz Fassmann against the headscarf have raised concerns for Muslims living in the country. Fassmann’s interview published in local Kurier newspaper on Friday quoted him saying “teachers should not wear a headscarf.” When asked about his opinion on the headscarf ban, […]

20th Dec 2017

Nigerian parliament probes lawyer’s hijab ban case

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): Nigeria’s parliament on Tuesday launched a probe into the refusal by the country’s law school to call a Muslim woman to the bar because she wore a head covering under her wig on religious grounds. The House of Representatives unanimously adopted a motion calling for a probe of […]

2nd Dec 2017

UK: McDonald’s asks Muslim woman to remove headscarf

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): Fast-food chain McDonald’s apologized after a video surfaced Friday on Twitter of a 19-year-old Muslim student being refused entry because of her headscarf. The video, posted by a friend of the woman who preferred to remain anonymous, shows a security guard asking her to remove her hijab. She […]

4th Apr 2017

Swedish Ombudsman decides in favor of headscarf

By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA): The Equality Ombudsman (DO) of Sweden decided on Monday that a Muslim woman was subjected to discrimination on the grounds of religion in the eastern city of Uppsala. According to the press release, the Ombudsman filed an 8,000 euro indemnity case against the translation company, which cancelled the interview […]

15th Mar 2017

Muslims slam EU court’s headscarf ban

By Ayhan Simsek BERLIN (AA): The Court of Justice of the European Union has sparked outrage among Muslim communities after it ruled Tuesday that employers can prevent their workers from wearing religious symbols, including headscarves worn by certain Muslim women. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim slammed the ruling saying that there was nothing acceptable […]

10th Feb 2017

Germany: Muslim teacher wins job discrimination case

By Ayhan Simsek BERLIN (AA): A German court ruled on Thursday in favor of a Muslim female teacher who was denied a teaching job at a public school due to her wearing the hijab. The Regional Labor Court in Berlin-Branderburg ordered Berlin’s city-state government to pay €8,680 ($9,248) in compensation to the woman who […]

1st Feb 2017

Russia: Half of Russians oppose school headscarf ban

By Elena Teslova MOSCOW (AA): Half of Russians are in favor of lifting a headscarf ban in schools, according to a poll released Tuesday. The Russian Public Opinion Research Center survey found one in two supported lifting the ban while 37 percent believed it was “impossible” to do. Elena Mikhailova, director of special programs […]

27th Jan 2017

Russia: Mordovia bans students, teachers from wearing hijab

ANKARA, Turkey (AA): The Kremlin on Thursday avoided getting involved in a headscarf debate that made national headlines. “We would not want to become a party to this discussion at the moment,” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official spokesman, Dmitry Peskov told reporters during a press briefing, according to The Moscow Times. Peskov’s remarks come after […]

9th Sep 2016

Kenya: Headscarf ban in schools overturned

By Magdalene Mukami NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) A Kenyan court on Thursday overturned a ban on students wearing headscarves, saying they should be able to wear religious attire.The ban had been imposed by Justice Harun Makau of the High Court in March 2015. “Kenya’s education minister should facilitate urgent consultations and formulate appropriate regulations for […]

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