Activists show solidarity with Muslim girls after Austria hijab ban

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An Austrian MP wore the hijab inside parliament to express solidarity with the Muslim community. That was just one act among many.

Austrian MPs on Wednesday approved a law aimed at banning the headscarf in primary schools, a measure proposed by the ruling right-wing government.

However, representatives of both parties of the governing coalition, the centre-right People's Party and the far-right Freedom Party , have made it clear that the law targets headscarves worn by Muslim women.Tarek Bae, an independent journalist from Germany“Critics of the law make comparisons with the Nazi era and in this case one should probably discuss this soberly.

The Syrian-born Austrian Muslim activist and writer, Tarafa Baghajati said: "One thing remains 100 percent certain: This bill really has 0.0 percent to do with the well-being of the children." She was not the only one. Stefani Paulsen, a local Social Democrat Party member and a lecturer at the AStA University of Applied Sciences in Northern Germany Flensburg shared the following:

 

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