Austria's headscarf ban sensationalizes a marginal issue, Muslim groups say

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Austria's ruling right-wing government prohibits girls under the age of 11 from wearing headscarves in primary schools.

Six months after banning headscarves in Austrian kindergartens, the country's ruling right-wing government has gone a step further and prohibited girls under the age of 11 from wearing the Muslim covering in primary schools.

Both parties campaigned on hard-line immigration policies during the federal elections in October 2017, and banning the headscarf and reducing benefits to migrants were among the campaign promises that brought both parties into power. Typically, young Muslim women make the decision to wear a headscarf when they are teenagers and after they hit puberty.

The stated goal of the law was to promote integration in Austrian schools, and the ban applies to any “ideologically or religiously characterized clothing” that covers the head, according to a statement by Austria’s National Council.

 

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And the boys can't wear them either. 😎

Austria's ruling right-wing justice league prohibits girls under the age of 11 from wearing headscarves in primary schools.

I wasn’t allowed to wear a hat in school. Rules is rules....

Technically they dont wear it until they have hit puberty. Still a weird law though.

Smart

Girls 11 and under are not women. Have not reached puberty and need not wear a veil. It is only societal reasons

This decision came from the right wing. What do you expect?!

Government have no right forbidding what we wanna wear. That's inhuman.

Excelent measure,!If come to a country must obey their lows

Based on the rules of democracy, everyone has the freedom to wear a uniform that does not denigrate public modesty. Although I do not follow the hijabfor kids, this decision is racist and contrary to the principles of democracy.

Sounds good to me

Telling people what they can do with their own bodies. Where have I heard that before? 🤔

Is that why they are being called right wing ?

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