Germany\u2019s highest court has lifted the ban on headscarves for teachers, correcting a 2003 verdict<\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\n Germany\u2019s highest court has lifted the ban on headscarves for teachers, correcting a 2003 verdict.<\/span><\/p>\n It follows an appeal made by two female Muslim teachers from Northrhine-Westfalia.<\/p>\n The verdict now reads that the headscarf can only be banned if the peaceful situation at the school is in danger \u2013 for example if parents are protesting against it.<\/p>\n The court ruled that as Christian symbols are still allowed by many regional school laws, headscarves should not be banned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Germany\u2019s highest court has lifted the ban on headscarves for teachers, correcting a 2003 verdict \u00a0 Germany\u2019s highest court has lifted the ban on headscarves for teachers, correcting a 2003 verdict. It follows an appeal made by two female Muslim teachers from Northrhine-Westfalia. The verdict now reads that the headscarf can only be banned if …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[97,40,94,96,95],"class_list":["post-704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-ban","tag-europe","tag-germany","tag-headscarf","tag-reverses"],"yoast_head":"\n