(National-UAE) Muslims in Germany are alarmed over a new law that they say could lead to a ban on Islamic headscarves through the back door.
The law, which comes as France debates a hijab ban for under-18s, would allow for German civil servants to be banned from displaying symbols that “reduce trust in their neutrality.”
Although the measure is aimed primarily at tattoos rather than religious symbols, Muslim women fear that it could be used against them.
Germany’s Muslim Co-ordination Council raised the question of whether the move could lead to “a headscarf ban through the back door.”
“The proposal gives federal and state authorities a tool with which they can ban government employees from wearing headscarves and kippahs,” it said.
