A Muslim girl who was fired above her want to wear an Islamic headscarf at her occupation in Belgium didn't put up with immediate discrimination, based on the maximum court in the European Union. Simply because her employer experienced a standard rule versus hijabs religious or political displays, the court states, the lady wasn't dealt with otherwise than other employees.

The decision by the European Court docket of Justice is among the most substantial-profile developments in a string of public and legal debates in Europe about the hijab — debates which have played out from a backdrop of climbing nationalism and anti-Muslim sentiment.

The dispute at the center of present-day ruling commenced more than 10 years in the past, when receptionist Samira Achbita was advised to not use a hijab by her employer, protection company G4S. That enterprise and Other people have argued that they must be able to support their shoppers and customers who don't need to cope with an personnel who wears a headscarf.

When she was employed in 2003, Achbita did not wear a hijab to operate. But when she explained to her bosses 3 many years later that she desired to start sporting 1, they refused to permit it, citing an unwritten rule intended to current neutrality on the company's clients.