The Strasbourg-based international court's ruling upholds a ban on
employees in the public sector wearing headscarves and other religious
symbols. In 2000, Muslim social worker Christiane Ebrahimian, who worked
in the psychiatric department of a hospital in the Parisian suburb of
Nanterre.
When she learned that her contract would not be renewed because she refused to take off her headscarf despite complaints from patients and colleagues, she decided to sue the hospital, taking her case all the way to the European Court of Justice.
The Strasbourg judges argued that the ban did not violate freedom of religion in a country where secularism and strict religious neutrality is enshrined in the constitution.
Religious freedom, they stressed, did not mean a right to express their religious views in the workplace.
Note EU-Digest:-Does not belong in secular nations - as long as this ban does not only single out Islamic head scarfs, but also includes those from other religions, including: Anglican, Buddhist, Christian, Catholic, Jewish,, Orthodox, and Sikh
Read more: Top European court upholds France′s headscarf ban | News | DW.COM | 26.11.2015
When she learned that her contract would not be renewed because she refused to take off her headscarf despite complaints from patients and colleagues, she decided to sue the hospital, taking her case all the way to the European Court of Justice.
The Strasbourg judges argued that the ban did not violate freedom of religion in a country where secularism and strict religious neutrality is enshrined in the constitution.
Religious freedom, they stressed, did not mean a right to express their religious views in the workplace.
Note EU-Digest:-Does not belong in secular nations - as long as this ban does not only single out Islamic head scarfs, but also includes those from other religions, including: Anglican, Buddhist, Christian, Catholic, Jewish,, Orthodox, and Sikh
Read more: Top European court upholds France′s headscarf ban | News | DW.COM | 26.11.2015
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