hyperactivehedgehog:

kitayswidow:

Two hijabi women in Germany were suspended from work for wearing the hijab and the European union’s highest court sided with the employers saying that workplaces can ban religious symbols which include headscarfs…literally these court cases wouldnt exist if it werent for Islamophobia. Like youre gonna have a bunch of european liberals saying “its misinformation its not just the hijab but all religious symbols” yeah i dont think europeans will be suspended from work wearing the cross i think we’re gonna watch muslims, Sikhs and jewish people lose their jobs in large numbers. Christian imagery and institutions and values is ingrained and a central for many european countries tourist industries and europeans acting as if theyre actually “secular” doesnt change the fact that only very lately theres been a crackdown on getting religion out of the picture when its about muslims. Secularism isnt a European value its actually Christian supremacy.

Wearing a Head Scarf Can Be Grounds for Job Suspension, E.U.’s Top Court Rules

The court upheld a decision that companies can ban head scarves or other religious symbols in the workplace in the interest of “a neutral im

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Head scraves are also not inherently a religious symbol. They’re a piece of clothing. This is a court forcing muslim people to undress in order to keep a job. Imagine that in any other capacity. If that court had decided that women needed to show a certain amount of cleavage in an office setting that would have caused an outrage among everyone, but because this is mainly targeting muslims people are okay with it. This is so fucked up