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Germany is following in France's footsteps. From dw.world.de, with thanks to Cathy Palmer:
Civil servants will be forbidden from wearing headscarves in Berlin in the future. The city-state's senate agreed on a bill to ban employees from wearing visible religious symbols, including headscarves, crosses and Jewish scull caps, at work. Berlin's ruling coalition, made up of the Social Democrats and the post-communist Party for Democratic Socialism, spent months debating the issue, which will apply to judges, teachers and police, among other civil servants. Only day-care teachers will be exempt from the ban. Berlin will be the sixth German state to forbid its civil servants from wearing headscarves since Germany's highest court deemed the issue a matter for state regulation last year.
Posted by Robert at April 1, 2004 7:33 AM
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Oh, man, why did they do that? They really don't want to get followers of IoP (ideology of peace) mad.
Posted by: Helen at April 1, 2004 10:36 AMbaffled by this development. why is it important? i mean, really, why? who are the constituents and what are their reasons for encouraging legislation? i find it interesting that america and britain are fighting the terrorists while the french and germans are telling girls they cannot wear shawls. if the girls are carrying explosives underneath the headgear, then outlaw it. otherwise, big deal!
Posted by: ted at April 1, 2004 1:56 PM
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