Headscarves in Public Schools is not compatible with religious freedom. That has been welcomed in germany as a step in the right direction. For students wearing a headscarf at school is not a problem, but for their teachers, it has been a different matter. In 2003, the German Constitutional Court issued a ban on headscarves responding to the case brought by a teacher who had been denied a promotion because of the headscarf. But they refused to remove the headscarves, and petitioned the top court for redress and now they have won. The judges said it did not constitute a danger by itself, neither for peaceful proexistence of the school or the neutrality of the state. It does not violate students rights per se, and it does not mean the state embraces the religion. The judges said the decision was too sweeping, calling the ban a violation of religious freedom. Schools can have the right to forbid headscarves, but only if it poses a risk of disruption. The court also overturned a part of th
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