{"id":5664,"date":"2013-02-01T04:04:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T03:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=5664"},"modified":"2014-05-28T04:15:32","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T03:15:32","slug":"new-hijab-controversies-brewing-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2013\/02\/01\/new-hijab-controversies-brewing-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hijab Controversies Brewing in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/belgium-hema-hijab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5665\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/belgium-hema-hijab.jpg\" alt=\"belgium hema hijab\" width=\"630\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/belgium-hema-hijab.jpg 630w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/belgium-hema-hijab-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Legal battles over the use of Islamic headscarves in public and private spaces are brewing across Europe.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>New Hijab Controversies Brewing in Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a title=\"New Hijab Controversies Looming in Europe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/3561\/europe-hijab\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | February 1, 2013<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian branch of the popular Dutch department store chain HEMA has lost a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dutchnews.nl\/news\/archives\/2013\/01\/belgian_hema_store_wrong_to_sa.php\" target=\"_blank\">wrongful termination lawsuit<\/a> filed by a Muslim shop assistant whose contract was not extended after she refused to stop wearing a hijab, the traditional Islamic headscarf.<\/p>\n<p>The woman had worked for the store in Belgian city of Genk for two months wearing a headscarf, but was then asked to remove it after the store manager received complaints from customers.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, a Belgian convert to Islam, had been employed as temporary sales staff and HEMA declined to renew her contract because of her refusal to remove her hijab.<\/p>\n<p>In its defense, the Belgian shop said it did not want employees wearing any kind of religious symbols in order to maintain the \u201cneutral and discreet image of HEMA.\u201d The store then offered the woman a job in its warehouse, where she would not have direct contact with clients. She said the alternative job offer was unsatisfactory and then consulted a lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>On January 2, a labor court in the nearby Belgian city of Tongeren ruled that HEMA did not have a clearly stated policy on headscarves and thus had no valid reason to dismiss the woman.<\/p>\n<p>The court ordered HEMA to pay the 21-year-old woman \u20ac9,000 ($12,000), the equivalent of six month\u2019s salary, as compensation.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.non-discrimination.net\/content\/media\/BE-83-BELGIUM-__FR_75_Hema%20store%20sentenced%20to%20pay%20damages%20to%20a%20dismissed%20employee%20wearing%20the%20headscarf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism<\/a>, an NGO that helped bring the woman\u2019s case to trial, the main purpose of the legal action was to clarify how far a company can go in seeking to present a \u201cneutral image\u201d to its customers. The group believes neutrality cannot be invoked as a genuine and determining occupational requirement and it says it is not self-evident that neutrality can amount to a legitimate goal, when it is chiefly invoked to please a private company\u2019s clients.<\/p>\n<p>But the court\u2019s formulation indicates that if the HEMA store had clearly stated in its labor regulations that the wearing of religious signs was prohibited in order to comply with a neutrality policy, it would not have been sentenced. The company has since drawn up formal clothing requirements for all of its stores in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Britain<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.st-cyprians.croydon.sch.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">St. Cyprian\u2019s Greek Orthodox Primary School<\/a> in south London is being sued by Muslim parents after the school banned pupils from wearing the hijab in class. The couple insists it would be a sin for their nine-year-old daughter\u2019s head to be uncovered while in the presence of male teachers.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/education\/educationnews\/9775970\/Muslim-parents-sue-primary-school-over-ban-on-hijab.html\" target=\"_blank\">London-based newspaper The Telegraph<\/a>, the school\u2019s principal, Kate Magliocco, said the decision not to allow the girl to wear a headscarf was taken by the school\u2019s governing body.<\/p>\n<p>Magliocco said: \u201cThe school has a very particular uniform policy, which is shared with parents and, as head, I must follow the plan. The pupil in question came to us from a private school. Her parents actively chose us and, before she arrived, we held a meeting which included details of the uniform plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.st-cyprians.croydon.sch.uk\/page14.html\" target=\"_blank\">uniform policy<\/a> on the school\u2019s website requires girls to wear a dark blue coat, an optional blazer, a skirt, white blouse and a navy blue pullover, but it fails to mention a ban on headscarves.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Malta<\/strong>, an island country with a population of 400,000, Muslims are calling on the government to issue a directive to clearly state that female employees in both the public and private sectors are allowed to wear the hijab.<\/p>\n<p>Imam Mohammed Elsadi, the leader of the 6,000-strong Maltese Muslim community, told the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofmalta.com\/articles\/view\/20130121\/local\/-Muslim-women-should-be-able-to-wear-hijab-at-work-.454136\" target=\"_blank\">Times of Malta<\/a> newspaper that if such a clarification would encourage better representation for Muslim women in the labor market.<\/p>\n<p>The request follows a recent case in which two Muslim women working in non-medical jobs in Malta\u2019s health sector were forced to remove their hijab. The imam also referred to Muslim women teaching in government schools who did not wear the garment at work. He said: \u201cI don\u2019t know if this is because they are forbidden to wear it, whether they remove it out of fear or whether they choose not to wear it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>France<\/strong>, the first European country to ban the full-face Islamic veil in public places, anyone wearing the Muslim hijab or burqa in public faces a fine of \u20ac150 ($220) and\/or lessons in French citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>But now the government of Kuwait is calling on France to <a href=\"http:\/\/news.kuwaittimes.net\/2013\/01\/21\/kuwait-urges-france-to-reconsider-hijab-ban-law\/\" target=\"_blank\">reverse the ban<\/a>. During a January 20 speech at the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council, a member of the Kuwaiti delegation, Malik Al-Wazzan, said the French government should revoke the ban to \u201cprotect the human rights in discrimination and inequalities toward foreigners and those with different beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(This comes as the Kuwaiti Parliament considers a draft law banning the construction of churches in the country, due to the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/number-of-kuwaiti-christians-drops-25--447694.html\" target=\"_blank\">excessive number of churches<\/a>\u201d compared to Kuwait\u2019s Christian minority. The number of Christians with Kuwaiti nationality has plummeted from 200 in 2007 to less than 50 in 2012.)<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Norway<\/strong>, which is home to an estimated 150,000 Muslims, the government appointed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.regjeringen.no\/nb\/dep\/kud\/dok\/nouer\/2013\/nou-2013-1.html?id=711212\" target=\"_blank\">Faith and Ethics Commission<\/a> released a report on January 7 recommending that the government begin allowing the use of the hijab headscarf in the Norwegian police force as well as among judges.<\/p>\n<p>The main function of the Commission, established by the government in 2010, is to seek ways to safeguard the religious freedoms enshrined in the Norwegian constitution. The head of the Commission, Sturla Stalsett, said the entire 15-member panel believed the government should allow the hijab and other religious headgear for police officers and judges.<\/p>\n<p>Upon receiving the report, however, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrk.no\/nyheter\/norge\/1.10863394\" target=\"_blank\">Culture Minister Hadia Tajik<\/a> (she is a Labor Party politician of Pakistani descent and the first Muslim to serve in a Norwegian cabinet) reiterated the long-standing policy that Norway will not allow female Muslim police officers to wear the hijab as part of their uniform. She said the police and judiciary are public entities and should appear to be neutral. As a result, the current ban will not be reversed.<\/p>\n<p>Tajik said: \u201cThe Commission has received a fairly broad mandate and they have followed that. This is why they have raised the issue involving the use of religious symbols in relation to the uniform. The government addressed this matter in 2009 and has taken his stance. The use of religious symbols in relation to the police uniform is not allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, the Norwegian supermarket chain <a href=\"http:\/\/theforeigner.no\/pages\/news\/kiwi-brings-in-new-muslim-friendly-religious-headgear\/\" target=\"_blank\">KIWI<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/theforeigner.no\/pages\/news\/norway-hospital-dons-new-hijab\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oslo University Hospital<\/a> have introduced new hijabs as part of staff uniforms. Hijabs have been permitted at the Scandinavian home products company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vg.no\/nyheter\/innenriks\/artikkel.php?artid=106923\">IKEA<\/a> since 2005.<\/p>\n<p>On July 1, 2012, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.no\/page\/view\/norwegian-army-allows-turbans-hijabs-and-kippahs#.UQXYZ2dxkYw\" target=\"_blank\">Norwegian Defense Ministry<\/a> began allowing uniformed soldiers to wear religious headgear such as hijabs, turbans and kippahs. In addition to headgear, soldiers are now also allowed to wear armbands containing religious symbols that have been engraved or mounted.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone is happy with the changes. Jan-Arild Ellingsen, a member of the conservative Progress Party who is also on the parliamentary defense committee, says that army uniforms give soldiers all the identification they need. Says Ellingsen, \u201cThe armed forces should be kept independent of ethnic and religious affiliations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"SoerenKern.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soerenkern.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Soeren Kern<\/em><\/a><em> is a Senior Fellow at the New York-based <\/em><a title=\"Gatestone Institute\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gatestone Institute<\/em><\/a><em>. He is also Senior Fellow for European Politics at the Madrid-based Grupo de Estudios Estrat\u00e9gicos \/ Strategic Studies Group. Follow him on <\/em><a title=\"Soeren Kern Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Soeren.Kern\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em> and on <a title=\"Soeren Kern Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SoerenKern\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Link to Original Article: <a title=\"New Hijab Controversies Looming in Europe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/3561\/europe-hijab\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/3561\/europe-hijab<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal battles over the use of Islamic headscarves in public and private spaces are brewing across Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[63,43,107,48,156,147],"tags":[184,180,143,52,181,193,57],"class_list":["post-5664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-belgium","category-britain","category-france-islam-in-europe","category-islam-in-europe","category-malta","category-norway-islam-in-europe","tag-belgium","tag-britain","tag-burqa-bans","tag-france","tag-islam-in-europe","tag-malta","tag-norway"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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