CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agoEU states can ban religious symbols in public workplaceswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square334fedilinkarrow-up1412
arrow-up1412external-linkEU states can ban religious symbols in public workplaceswww.bbc.comCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square334fedilink
minus-square∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThat’s the catch 22 isn’t it… “You’re not free to dictate that women must wear a hijab, because we are dictating they can’t wear one.” However, this is only legislating public workplaces not everywhere, so it’s less dictatey than Islam.
minus-squarerainynight65@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThere have been plenty of efforts and attempts to ban hijabs completely, in different European countries at different times. The debate started probably around the time the first Islamicimmigrants came to Europe.
That’s the catch 22 isn’t it… “You’re not free to dictate that women must wear a hijab, because we are dictating they can’t wear one.”
However, this is only legislating public workplaces not everywhere, so it’s less dictatey than Islam.
There have been plenty of efforts and attempts to ban hijabs completely, in different European countries at different times. The debate started probably around the time the first Islamicimmigrants came to Europe.