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Austria bans hijab for school girls, up to €800 fines (en.royanews.tv)

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Austria has officially begun enforcing a new law banning hijab in public and private schools for girls under the age of 14 as the academic year got under way on Monday, sparking political divisions and imminent legal challenges over religious freedoms.

The restriction targets head coverings traditionally worn by Muslims, including the hijab. The Austrian government alleged that the policy aims at "protecting" girls and promoting 'gender equality'.

The legislation was proposed by Austria's ruling coalition—comprising the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the Social Democrats (SPÖ), and the liberal NEOS party—and passed parliament in December with support from the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ).

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[–] alexquiniou@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

What will happen ? Guess less girls in school.

[–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not beating nazi allegations

[+] LemsGhost@lemmy.ml -16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It's bit more complicated then that. Basically what they're worried about is kids being forced to wear hijabs, usually children don't have to wear hijabs even in the middle east you usually start wearing one when you enter puberty.

[–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If I trusted that they actually have children's interest at heart I'd give them the benefit of the doubt, but as I see it this is just one tiny step into dehumanizing Muslims and normalizing forcefully removing the hijab from society, which they have already done in many contexts (ex: some medical institutions don't let you become a doctor if you wear a hijab, you can't be a judge while wearing it, etc).

[–] LemsGhost@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's a mixed bag as to why people want to do it. Honestly they should get rid of the crosses in all the classrooms as well. The Austrian education system is kinda underfunded and understaffed right now, this seems like more of a culture war issue for government to look like they're doing something. They've been arguing about this for 17 years now.

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Will they next ban all clothing for prepubsecent children? Their parents make them wear clothes, its oppression!

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Mandatory child peagan competitions judged by professor nietspE next

[–] LemsGhost@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They've been arguing about this shit for years 🙄 what's even worse is how climate change activists got treated. Even though every one in the political elite knew climate change was real, the media class couldn't help but make money and stoke outrage by calling the activists climate freaks. Fucking stupid, now they're arguing about how to pay for all the damage done by drought this summer.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

You can only get more and more naked and sell your body in the West, going in the opposite direction is in opposition to Western values. 🤷‍♂️

[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

There was something similar in the US about Quaker clothing being prosecuted. In the 1600s - but they built up enough community to be strong enough to protect themselves.

I don't not like the powers to tell anyone how to dress.

The problem that those powers include their fathers and brothers and their religion also.
Such a sticky situation that doesn't have any real solution.

[–] Sibshops@feddit.cl 2 points 2 days ago

Feels just as bad as Muslim countries with a mandatory hijab. The problem is when women feel pressured to do one thing or another.