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A court in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg Friday threw out a ban on women teachers wearing religious headscarves . The case originated when Baden-Wuerttemberg passed a law in 2004 forbidding "outward expressions...

An unidentified attacker on Wednesday shot five judges in the Council of State , Turkey's highest administrative court located in Ankara. The wounded judges are all from the same court chamber, which deals with education issues and in...

The Netherlands cabinet is set to decide later this month whether to go forward with a ban against Muslim women wearing the niqab , the Muslim religious veil similar to a burqa that leaves only a...

Insisting his was a country where freedom prevailed, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday expressly condemned a new ruling by Turkey's high administrative court that a teacher should be refused promotion because of her decision...

Last week's ruling by the European Court of Human Rights upholding Turkey's ban on headscarves in public universities, has led to confrontation between the Islamic government and the law's secular proponents. Turkish...

Turkey can ban the wearing of headscarves in public and private universities, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday. In its judgment , which is not subject to appeal, the court rejected Leyla Sahin's...

Azerbaijan officials have agreed to allow Soviet-era passports to be used as identification for upcoming elections in an attempt to avoid controversy over a headscarf ban for new ID photo cards. The government announced the change in policy after...

The leading Islamic party in Tajikistan has criticized the country's recent ban on Islamic headscarves in secular schools . The Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP) said the ban was unconstitutional and against the interests of...

Tajikistan's Education Ministry on Friday banned female Muslim students from wearing headscarves in secular schools. Education Minister Abdudjabor Rakhmonov said wearing the hajib, a traditional Muslim head covering, violates the country's constitution and education laws. Tajikistan is a secular...

The Dutch Equal Opportunities Commission will hear the nation's first case brought by a Muslim woman who was refused a job because she would not wear a headscarf . The Islamic College in Amsterdam refused to hire...