Belgium: Top court upholds headscarf ban in schools

Adnkronos International
April 7, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1575/belgium-top-court-upholds-headscarf-ban-in-schools

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Belgium's top administrative court, the Council of State has ruled that schools may ban girls from wearing the Muslim headscarf. The court said the ban was not discriminatory and reinforced the principles of equality and solidarity.

The Movement against Racism, anti-Semitism and Xenophobia (MRAX) however slammed the ruling as "ideological, factious and anti-democratic".

It said the group was considering whether to appeal the ruling at the European Court of Human Rights or the United Nations' Human Rights Council. It will decide on its course of action later this month.

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