It is a difficult question. In Turkey, for instance, girls are not allowed to wear head scarves at school or university. Female civil servants are not allowed to work in official buildings with a headscarf. The legislation in Turkey is way stricter than in western countries. In Germany the head scarf question is ruled on "Länder" (single state) level - differently from state to state. HOwever, a number of LÄnder have forbidden civil servant teachers to wear religious insignia at school. That was largely aimed at headscarves (or rather the political and social opinion displayed by wearing them) - but, of course, in a country that has religious tolerance in its constitiution you have to treat all denominations equally. This only applies to state-run schools with civil-servant teachers who have to be 'constitutionally acceptable' to be eligible to be civil servants. Of course, even during my school days it was strictly forbidden for both students and teachers to wear or display any political party padges. Discussion, yes, advertisement, no.
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Date: 2005-07-15 10:07 am (UTC)In Germany the head scarf question is ruled on "Länder" (single state) level - differently from state to state. HOwever, a number of LÄnder have forbidden civil servant teachers to wear religious insignia at school. That was largely aimed at headscarves (or rather the political and social opinion displayed by wearing them) - but, of course, in a country that has religious tolerance in its constitiution you have to treat all denominations equally. This only applies to state-run schools with civil-servant teachers who have to be 'constitutionally acceptable' to be eligible to be civil servants.
Of course, even during my school days it was strictly forbidden for both students and teachers to wear or display any political party padges. Discussion, yes, advertisement, no.