Nearly Seven in Ten Austrians Back Extending School Headscarf Ban

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The new school year starts on Monday in Vienna with an innovation: The wearing of a headscarf is no longer allowed for girls under 14 years. Will the Constitutional Court overturn the government's prestige project again? Corresponding individual requests from those affected have already been announced. This is how the decision-making process takes place. As of 1 September, the headscarf ban entered into force at schools for children under 14. An…

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Since September, the headscarf ban has been in force for girls under 14 years of age. In the summer school this is not yet applied – in a STANDARD survey 69 percent are in favour of a ban for all schoolgirls, the majority of boys are skeptical

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VIENNA. The Minister of Education expects only individual violations and considers the criminal framework to be sufficient. He calls for support from the Islamic community in the implementation of the law

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With the new year of teaching, which begins on Monday in the East, it is forbidden for girls up to 14 to wear headscarves in schools. Despite boycott calls and tips for circumvention, Minister of Education Christoph Wiederkehr (NEOS) expects that only a few girls will not comply with the law. He is not afraid that the ban could worsen the school climate. "It is ensured that there is no conflict in the classroom itself," he emphasized in the APA …