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Flanders; General school headscarf ban on hold

Posted from Islam in Europe 171 days ago
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Flanders; General school headscarf ban on holdFor more on this story see:* Flanders: Public schools to ban headscarves* Flanders: Reactions to headscarf banThe Council of State suspended the general ban on wearing headscarves or other religious symbols in the governmental education system. The ban was supposed to come into effect in the next school year.Last September the Flemish school authority decided that students and personnel in all institutes should not wear 'distinguishing signs of life outlook'. The general ban came after the decision by two Antwerp school to ban Muslim students fro... (original story)