A woman who goes by the pseudonym Mariam was born in Germany to non-Muslim parents. But as a convert to Islam, she became the center of an EU court case on headscarves at workplaces.
Mariam* was a teacher at a preschool in the German city of Hamburg until the day she chose to wear the hijab.
“I had specialist training in teaching children with learning disabilities and using my certification the Kita started a new specialised program for disabled children,” says Mariam. Mariam was first asked to remove the hijab by the school management, which she refused, she was then given warnings and eventually suspended in 2018.
“It was a big shock for me, I had no idea that a small piece of cloth on my head, for strictly religious reasons, would cause such a major disruption,” says Mariam, “it was obviously discriminatory". Gabriele Boos-Niazy, who is a social scientist and board member of the largest association of Muslim women in Germany, the Action Alliance of Muslim Women, says the European court has also set strict legal stipulations on employers if they have to fire someone for their religious clothing.
Boos-Niazy, however, fears a wave of restrictive laws towards Muslims following this ruling in the rest of Europe. “It all depends on the political situation - the more societies move to the right - as in France, the more difficult it will be for minorities to get the rights they are entitled to.”
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