German elections: Hijab-wearing woman turned away from voting booth

Polling station assistants in the western German town of Bergheim initially refused to allow a 21-year-old woman wearing a hijab and a protective mask to cast her ballot during Germany’s elections on Sunday. The poll workers reportedly cited a ban on face coverings for not allowing her to vote, according to the local WDR public …

Compensation will be paid to the woman who is wanted to be fired for wearing a headscarf in Sweden

According to the written statement of the Swedish Discrimination Ombudsman, a Muslim woman working in the municipality’s elderly people’s home in the Norrland region was asked to work without a headscarf. The woman was warned that otherwise she would be fired. As a result of the examination of the warning, it was determined that the …

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