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   From: fredxx@nospam.com   
      
   On 14/03/2017 15:48, burfordTjustice wrote:   
   > 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-ca   
   -be-banned-by-employers-eu-court-rules.html   
      
   I wonder if that includes turbans?   
      
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