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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   Islamic headscarves can be banned by employers, EU court rules   
      
   Employers across Europe can now ban workers from wearing visible religions   
   symbols including the Islamic headscarf, the European Union’s top court   
   ruled on Tuesday, finding it would not constitute “direct discrimination.”   
      
   The ruling, seen as a victory for many in the political right wing, was the   
   first of its kind amid a series of legal disputes surrounding women’s rights   
   to wear a hijab at work.   
      
   MUSLIM HEADSCARVES IN EUROPE: THE BATTLE HEATS UP   
      
   The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that companies with legitimate   
   reasons to project a neutral image could establish internal rules banning   
   political, philosophical or religious symbols, saying the rule “does not   
   constitute direct discrimination,   
   ” the Guardian reported.    
      
   “However, in the absence of such a rule, the willingness of an employer to   
   take account of the wishes of a customer no longer to have the employer’s   
   services provided by a worker wearing an Islamic headscarf cannot be   
   considered an occupational    
   requirement that could rule out discrimination,” the court said in a   
   statement.   
   http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/03/14/islamic-headscarves-can-   
   e-banned-by-employers-eu-court-rules.html   
      
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