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In September 2017, schools in some regions of Kazakhstan banned girls wearing headscarves from further attendance. Attempts by Muslim parents to challenge the ban had failed as of April 2018. [188] In February 2018, the government proposed a ban on people wearing niqabs and similar forms of female dress in public. [189]
In 2005, a schoolbook for basic religious education was heavily criticized for picturing female children with headscarves, and later the picture of the little girl with the Islamic headscarf was removed from the school books. [52] The headscarf is strongly and implicitly forbidden in Morocco's military and the police.
A form of headscarf, known as the hijab, is often seen in Muslim countries and is born out of tradition. It is worn by some Muslim women who consider it to be a religious ordainment, and its style varies by culture. [10] Not all Muslims believe that the hijab in the context of head covering is a religious ordainment in the Quran. [11] [12]
Lawyers for the woman argued the ban infringed her right to religious freedoms
All in the timing. Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, is here in Saudi Arabia. Muslims are required to make the hajj, or religious pilgrimage to the city’s holiest sites, at least once in their ...
On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, filed a federal lawsuit in Alabama on behalf of Yvonne Allen who was told she couldn't wear her headscarf for her driver's license photo.
A full ban on both niqabs and burqas was announced on 31 May 2018. [80] The ban came into force on 1 August 2018 and carries a fine of 1000 DKK, then about 134 euro; repeat offenses are punishable with fines up to 10,000 DKK. [81] The law targets all garments that cover the face, such as fake beards or balaclavas. [82]
In October 2018, Austria banned headscarves for children in kindergarten. The ban was motivated by protecting children from family pressure to wear the headscarf. [ 22 ] According to an Austrian teachers' union, a ban for pupils aged up to 14 years should be considered, as that is the religious legal age ( German : religionsmündig ).