https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Berlin labour court on Wednesday found the city was right to bar a teacher who wears a Muslim headscarf from teaching primary school classes, rejecting her discrimination complaint. https://www.thelocal.de/20180509/berlin-court-bars-woman-with-muslim-headscarf-from-teaching-primary-school Wed, 09 May 2018 18:40:43 +0200 berlin-court-bars-woman-with-muslim-headscarf-from-teaching-primary-school A court in eastern Germany has told a Syrian woman that she is not allowed to appear in court for divorce proceedings against her husband unless she takes off her headscarf, Tagesspiegel reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20170718/muslim-woman-banned-from-divorcing-husband-while-wearing-headscarf Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:57:36 +0200 muslim-woman-banned-from-divorcing-husband-while-wearing-headscarf A case before the Constitutional Court again raises the question of when and where Muslim women are allowed to wear religious clothing. The Local takes a look at the continuously debated topic. https://www.thelocal.de/20170704/when-muslim-women-may-wear-headscarves-in-germany-an-ongoing-debate Tue, 04 Jul 2017 16:29:40 +0200 when-muslim-women-may-wear-headscarves-in-germany-an-ongoing-debate Berlin's neutrality law is most often discussed in relation to the Islamic headscarf. But one Christian teacher has found that it applies to other religions as well. https://www.thelocal.de/20170411/christian-teacher-in-berlin-banned-from-wearing-crucifix-necklace Tue, 11 Apr 2017 19:17:52 +0200 christian-teacher-in-berlin-banned-from-wearing-crucifix-necklace The European Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday that employers may ban headscarves in the workplace in certain circumstances - an issue which has been heatedly debated in Germany in recent years. https://www.thelocal.de/20170314/what-the-eu-court-ruling-on-headscarf-bans-means-for-germany Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:07:57 +0100 what-the-eu-court-ruling-on-headscarf-bans-means-for-germany The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has released a draft campaign programme, outlining plans to ban all headscarves in public offices and schools. https://www.thelocal.de/20170309/far-right-afd-call-for-general-headscarf-ban-and-more-deportations Thu, 09 Mar 2017 17:53:50 +0100 far-right-afd-call-for-general-headscarf-ban-and-more-deportations The Muslim woman won an appeal before a Berlin-Brandenburg court on Thursday, and is set to receive nearly €9,000 after she was rejected from a teaching job due to her headscarf. https://www.thelocal.de/20170209/muslim-teacher-wins-9000-in-berlin-discrimination-case Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:27:12 +0100 muslim-teacher-wins-9000-in-berlin-discrimination-case Despite a major 2015 Constitutional Court ruling striking down absolute headscarf bans in schools, a lower court has rejected a case brought by a woman who was not allowed to teach due to wearing the garment. https://www.thelocal.de/20170118/court-rejects-muslim-teachers-discrimination-case-over-headscarf Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:12:09 +0100 court-rejects-muslim-teachers-discrimination-case-over-headscarf On Wednesday a Syrian teenager reported she had been kicked off Berlin public transport for wearing a headscarf. It now appears that was a misunderstanding. https://www.thelocal.de/20161201/syrian-teen-kicked-off-berlin-tram-for-food-not-headscarf Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:35:19 +0100 syrian-teen-kicked-off-berlin-tram-for-food-not-headscarf A 14-year-old from Syria has reported a Berlin tram driver to police, claiming he told her to get off the vehicle because she was wearing a headscarf. https://www.thelocal.de/20161130/syrian-teen-kicked-off-berlin-tram-for-wearing-headscarf Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:38:58 +0100 syrian-teen-kicked-off-berlin-tram-for-wearing-headscarf A dentist in Stuttgart is being taken to court by a woman whom he rejected for a job as his assistant on the basis that she wears a Muslim headscarf. https://www.thelocal.de/20161027/dentist-faces-court-after-rejecting-applicant-for-headscarf Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:58:36 +0200 dentist-faces-court-after-rejecting-applicant-for-headscarf A Palestinian who was hired to work as an intern on a refugee project was fired by a town hall this week because she wouldn't take off her headscarf. https://www.thelocal.de/20160825/mayor-fires-intern-from-refugee-project-for-wearing-headscarf Thu, 25 Aug 2016 12:13:43 +0200 mayor-fires-intern-from-refugee-project-for-wearing-headscarf Several associations of judges in Germany have proposed a headscarf ban for judges and trainee lawyers, claiming that this is a necessary measure if neutrality is to be upheld in court. https://www.thelocal.de/20160808/german-judges-associations-call-for-headscarf-ban Mon, 08 Aug 2016 19:05:44 +0200 german-judges-associations-call-for-headscarf-ban A woman reported being brutally attacked at a Berlin bus stop by a man who tried to tear off her headscarf. https://www.thelocal.de/20160804/muslim-woman-attacked-at-a-berlin-bus-stop Thu, 04 Aug 2016 18:13:05 +0200 muslim-woman-attacked-at-a-berlin-bus-stop A young Muslim woman has been allowed to start a traineeship in the public sector in Berlin after local authorities considered rejecting her because she wore a headscarf. https://www.thelocal.de/20150610/berlin-allows-muslim-woman-to-work-with-headscarf Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:06:24 +0200 berlin-allows-muslim-woman-to-work-with-headscarf Germany's highest employment court ruled on Wednesday religious employers may forbid Muslim workers from wearing headscarves, in a case brought by a nurse against a Christian hospital. https://www.thelocal.de/20140924/employers-can-ban-muslim-headscarves-court-says Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:52:00 +0200 employers-can-ban-muslim-headscarves-court-says