headscarf ban
Covering restriction law
A headscarf ban is a law or policy prohibiting the wearing of headscarves, typically targeting Muslim women's hijabs in public spaces like schools, government buildings, or workplaces.
Such bans are often framed as promoting secularism or security, though critics view them as discriminatory: France's headscarf ban in schools sparked widespread debate.
The term appears frequently in discussions of religious freedom and state neutrality.
- hijabMuslim woman's headscarf
- veilFabric that obscures
- face coveringSomething worn over features
- religious freedomRight to practice faith
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
freedom of expression · France · secularism · Muslim · Muslim women · religious symbol · discrimination · niqab · burqa · modesty · identity · protest · law · school · public · public space · freedom · women's rights
- church-statechurch-state, separation, church-state separation, establishment clause, religious accommodation
- Secularismsecular humanism, secular state, separation of church and state, disestablishment, church and state
- Balkan politicspolitical parties, election, legislature, ruling party, state institutions
headscarf banreligious freedom law
Statute protecting faith practices
religious pluralism · religious accommodation · multiculturalism
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