VIENNA: Austrian lawmakers on Thursday voted by a large majority in favor of a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under 14, a move rights groups and experts say is discriminatory and could deepen societal division. Austria’s conservative-led government — under pressure with anti-immigration sentiment is running high — proposed the ban earlier this year, arguing it is aimed at protecting girls “from oppression.” In 2019 the country introduced a ban on headscarves in primary schools, but the constitutional court struck it down.

Austria’s ruling coalition announced Tuesday that it will move forward with legislation to prohibit headscarves in schools for girls under 14, despite...

La ministra: è simbolo di oppressione. L’opposione contraria

A similar ban for girls under 10 was struck down by the Constitutional Court for specifically targeting Muslims.

VIENNA: Austrian lawmakers on Thursday voted by a large majority in favor of a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under 14, a move rights groups and experts say is…

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Austria passed a legal amendment Thursday prohibiting Muslim girls under 14 from wearing headscarves in schools, a move sharply criticized by the Islamic...

The conservative-led government defended the measure as necessary to protect young girls. Human rights organizations believe it could fuel anti-Muslim racism.

Law passes despite fears it will ‘normalise Islamophobia’ and fact it could be struck down by constitutional court

VIENNA: Austria’s lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools for girls under 14 despite uncertainty over whether the legislation will be…

Rights group Amnesty says ban, which will affect around 12,000 girls, will 'add to racist climate towards Muslims'.

Il Parlamento di Vienna approva il divieto di indossare il velo islamico nelle scuole. L'opposizione contesta: "È incostituzionale"

I legislatori austriaci hanno votato a larga maggioranza per vietare il velo nelle scuole per le ragazze sotto i 14 anni, nonostante i timori che la l...

Rights groups and Muslim representatives condemn law as infringement on civil liberties