The EU Courts passed rules saying workplaces can now ban Muslim Women from wearing the Hijaab.
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The EU is defending this by saying that a workplace is only allowed to do this if they have 'a good reason' and it's needed to protect the peace and neutrality of the workplace, and gives as example that a school who outlaws headscarves need to show that there are parents who are 'uncomfortable' with the presence of people who show their religion.
In other words, everyone can do it and very easily.
Remember people, even if you're don't care about muslim women for some godawful racist reason, when we have vague neutrality laws that prohibit "political, philosophical and religious beliefs" they can be used to affect everyone.
The Belgian headscarf ban in public offices already led to a ban on anything that signals queerness. A woman with short hair is political. Wearing covered clothing or wearing revealing clothing is political. What does 'phylosopical beliefs' even mean here, you can put so much random shit under that.
a person of color will always have a political body, wheter they want to or not. A religious minority never gets to be neutral. 'Neutral' as a public face does not exist. It's just who looks the most like who's in charge. And you might fit in there right now, but one day you will not. Get angry for other people before it comes to that.
