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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
The recent ruling by the EU’s highest court allowing businesses to ban the hijab from being worn by employees is yet another episode in Europe’s long-running saga of enshrining Islamophobic practices in law. Two cases of Muslim women in Germany who were reprimanded for wearing the hijab were brought to the attention of the court. At different points in time, they were asked not to wear it, told that it wasn’t permitted in the workplace, and faced suspensions. Upon reviewing this discriminatory treatment, the court decided that “[a] prohibition on wearing any visible form of expression of polit…