ISL 372 Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Employment Discrimination
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This court decision was a response to two legal cases where a muslim woman was dismissed by her employer because of her headscarf: one from belgium, one from france. Employment discrimination against muslim women and anti-headscarf legislation have impacted muslim communities in various parts of europe, but particularly in france. France has the largest percentage of muslims in western europe and the most restrictive headscarf legislation. France banned the headscarf and all conspicuous religious symbols in public schools in 2004. Every year, there are several hundred hate crimes committed against french muslims, the majority of which are physical assaults against women with headscarves. It (cid:449)as i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)99(cid:1004)"s a(cid:374)d earl(cid:455) (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s that the headscarf started to be seen as a violation of se(cid:272)ular (cid:862)(cid:374)eutral(cid:863) spa(cid:272)e i(cid:374) fra(cid:374)(cid:272)e. it also (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e a s(cid:455)(cid:373)(cid:271)ol of politi(cid:272)al isla(cid:373) a(cid:374)d oppressio(cid:374) of women. In 2011, the state also banned the face veil which is worn by an extremely small minority of.
