After deliberating over a case where a hospital worker was fired for refusing to take off her headscarf, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of the hospital stating that the ban did not affect religious freedom
The headscarf ban, imposed in 2004, opened a rift with Franceu00c3u00a2u00c2u0080u00c2u0099s Muslim community.
Paris: Europe’s top human rights court is upholding France’s headscarf ban in the case of a Muslim social worker, who lost her hospital job because she would not remove her headscarf.
The headscarf ban, imposed in 2004, opened a rift with France’s Muslim community. Pic for representation/AFP
ADVERTISEMENT
After deliberating over the case for more than half a year, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled yesterday that France’s law prohibiting people from covering their faces in public was not a violation of human rights.
France’s secular government bars public employees from displaying religious beliefs on the job.
The headscarf ban, which formally became a law banning “conspicuous” religious symbols in 2004, opened a rift with France’s Muslim community, the largest in Europe.
47lakh
The Muslim population in France, which has the highest proportion of Muslims of any nation in Europe
2004
The year in which the ‘headscarf ban’ was introduced in France
Did you know?
In 2014, the Strasbourg court also rejected a challenge to France’s general ban on the burqa — a full-face veil for women — in public places. The ban came into force in 2010. Belgium also banned the burqa in 2011.
Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest news!" Click here!
