Netherlands: Catholic school discriminates with headscarf ban

Netherlands: Catholic school discriminates with headscarf ban

Via DutchNews (h/t Islamophobia Watch):
A Catholic high school in Volendam is guilty of discrimination on religious grounds for banning a Muslim pupil from wearing a headscarf, the equal opportunities commission said on Friday.

The girl started wearing a headscarf this school year and was banned from attending lessons, prompting her father to make a complaint.

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Schools can introduce a ban if it is necessary to preserve their special identity, but that was not the case with the Volendam school, the commission said.

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