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Date of source: Sunday, November 30, 2003
The decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court to admit the right of Feritcha Luiden, a teacher, to take a scarf while doing her work and its statement that the German authorities were wrong when they ordered her suspension produced a wide-ranging debate and deep splits within German...
Date of source: Friday, October 3, 2003
The German Supreme Constitutional Court released a verdict, despite dissenting differences among the eight judges, on the wearing of hegabs [veil covering a woman’s hair]. The court gave permission to a Muslim teacher to wear the veil while teaching in class.
Date of source: Thursday, September 25, 2003
The German Constitutional Court allowed Fereshta Ludin, a Muslim teacher, to wear the hijab [head cover] during working hours. The court added that local parliaments and not the ministries of Education or Justice are responsible to give future decisions about hijab issues. [Similar news is reported...
Date of source: Friday, August 22, 2003
The Constitutional Court in Germany has ruled that wearing the veil cannot be a reason for dismissal from work. Such a ruling settled a debate that has been on going for years in administrative courts about wearing the veil at work places.
Date of source: Friday, April 2, 2004
A German [Southern] state of Baden-Wuerttemberg yesterday endorsed a law banning teachers from wearing the veil in public schools, but the same law allows Christian and Jewish symbols. This [law] foretells an outbreak of debate similar to that witnessed in France. The governments of six states want...
Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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