The court ruling came after a Belgian employee was told she could not wear an Islamic headscarf.
  • plant_based_monero@lemm.eeEnglish
    121·
    1 year ago

    I mean, it’s more about code of vestment. Let’s say the code of certain workplace say that you have to have your face fully visible, you can’t wear anything that obstructs your face, if religious symbols were allowed you can justify yourself with “religious obligation”, the “atheist headscarf” was banned from the start

      • taladar@feddit.deEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        if a workplace starts demanding everyone to work in a bikini would this be acceptable?

        If the workplace is a bikini modelling agency or a beach bar probably yes. Most of those are not run by governments though.

          • ParsnipWitch@feddit.deEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            It is dishonest to claim the Abaya is “just a long dress” or the headscarf is just an accessory. Maybe it can be worn someday in the future like that. But right now it is a religious symbol and people wear it because of specific cultural and religious beliefs. It’s that what the law is targeting.

            And maybe also in the future people can go naked wherever they like. But right now, we are not there yet but we already understand that it is not right to indoctrinate people into believing women have to go to great lengths to hide their bodies and if they don’t do that they are less “chaste”.