Will German courts side with ‘neutrality’ or religious freedom after ECJ allows hijab ban in the workplace?
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgement in mid-July siding with two German employers who suspended their Muslim employees for wearing the hijab at the workplace has moved the issue of “neutrality” into the spotlight.
One of the employers, children’s daycare centre WABE, told Salaam Gateway that ensuring neutrality is particularly mandatory for its educational staff to protect the diversity in its 25 centres across Germany. WABE is a well-known name that received the German Daycare Prize in 2020 for pioneering pedagogical concepts.
“Whether Montessori or Waldorf, Christian or Muslim, or even our concept of ideological, religious and political neutrality, parents should be able to choose between different daycare concepts,” WABE’s executive board member Gabriele Gramann told Salaam Gateway.
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