In a shocking turn of events (as if) Bavaria has become the latest German state to ban school teachers from wearing Muslim headscarves. Christian and Jewish symbols in the classroom? Those are fine.
You know if governments are going to follow this route (something I am not suggesting) you'd think they'd at least follow the French model and say all religious headgear was banned (Muslim, Sikh, whatever). To do otherwise is just so obviously discriminatory and (arguably) more than a little racist. But I guess the government of Bavaria doesn't mind taking on those traits.
Posted by armand at November 12, 2004 11:06 AM | TrackBack | Posted to International Affairs