[ppi] [ppiindia] German state plans hijab ban

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German state plans hijab ban 


Wednesday 31 August 2005, 0:18 Makka Time, 21:18 GMT    


Germany's most populous state is planning to ban female Muslim teachers from 
wearing headscarves in schools from next summer, reports a German newspaper.


Officials in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, told Wednesday's edition of 
the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung the ban was not targeting religious beliefs 
and stressed the decision would be discussed sensitively with Muslim groups. 
   
"Female and male teachers are not allowed to express any world views or any 
religious beliefs, which could disturb or endanger the peace at school," North 
Rhine-Westphalia schools minister Barbara Sommer said. 
    
"That's why we want to forbid (female) Muslim teachers at state schools from 
wearing headscarves." 

Sommer is a member of the Christian Democrats, who ousted Chancellor Gerhard 
Schroeder's Social Democrats from North Rhine-Westphalia in state elections in 
May. The state is home to around 18 million of Germany's population of some 
82.5 million. 
    
The ban should take effect from August 2006, the paper said. 
    
Germany is home to some three million Muslims, most of them Turks. 
Baden-Wuerttemberg, the country's third most populous state, already bans 
teachers from wearing headscarves in school. 
    
Christian Democrat leader Angela Merkel, who opposes Turkey's full membership 
in the European Union, is widely expected to replace Schroeder as chancellor in 
next month's general election. 
    
France, where Muslims make up 8% of the population, ordered a ban on the 
wearing of headscarves at school in March 2004 to stem what it said was the 
rising influence of radical Islamists among youths. 


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