Islamic Headscarf Ban Ruled Legal in European Workplaces

[hrmjustin]

ALASTAIR JAMIESON

LONDON — Europe's highest court ruled Tuesday that employers are allowed to ban workers from wearing visible political or religious symbols including Islamic headscarves.

In its first direct judgment on the topic, the European Court of Justice said a workplace rule prohibiting any such item "does not constitute direct discrimination" if applied universally.

The decision, which applies to all 28 countries in the bloc, came in in two cases including one brought by a Muslim receptionist in Belgium employed by contracting giant G4S.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/islamic-headscarf-ban-ruled-legal-european-workplaces-n733166

[Lordquinton]

1. Somewhat misleading

It's a global ban on iconography, not targeting headscarves. But the enforcement will certainly not be even handed, i can't imagine people being asked to remove crosses or anything. Hopefully my speghitti pendant flys under the radar.

[hrmjustin]

2. I agree it will not be enforced fairly.

[guillaumeb]

3. France also has a similar law, but Catholic headdresses are not targeted.

Apparently some religious wear is more objectionable.

[whathehell]

4. What "Catholic headdresses"?

I was raised Catholic...There is no such thing.

[guillaumeb]

5. I was raised Catholic in the 1950s and on.

All female religious orders wore habits and head dresses. It is now optional, but some still wear them.

So I must disagree with you on this.

[whathehell]

6. Yeah, me too...

and the religious clothing worn by a tiny fraction of Catholic women who willingly entered religious orders can hardly be compared to the custom (command in some countries) that ALL Muslim women cover their heads and necks in public.....Get serious.

[guillaumeb]

7. What you said:

What "Catholic headdresses"?

I was raised Catholic...There is no such thing.

SO again, we have a circumstance where some types of religious garments are acceptable, and others are not.

[whathehell]

8. Um, no..

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not "again", because now we're talking about a difference in circumstance, rather than in people... When the circumstances are the same but the people are different, then you can claim discrimination, not the reverse.

[guillaumeb]

9. When rosaries are banned, and collars, and crosses,

I will agree. But in my view this is a manifestation of hyper-laïcité, and I feel that this is a typical intolerance of Islam. An intolerance that extends from the 18th Century into the 21st.

[whathehell]

10. Lol...How about yarmulkes, korans and stars of David?

or is it only Catholicism you hate?

Again, your analogies are poor, but you have succeeded in making your own biases clear. Have a nice day.