Muslim teacher wins €9,000 in Berlin discrimination case
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9 February 2017
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Muslim teacher wins €9,000 in Berlin discrimination case
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The Muslim woman won an appeal before a Berlin-Brandenburg court on Thursday, and is set to receive nearly €9,000 after she was rejected from a teaching job due to her headscarf.
The Berlin-Brandenburg court on Thursday ruled on the side of the woman, who was denied a teaching job at a Berlin elementary school.
Head judge Renate Schaude said that the woman had been discriminated against and because her wearing a headscarf posed no danger to school peace, the discrimination against her was illegal. She was therefore awarded €8,680 in compensation.
She had lost her initial case last year as the Berlin school argued neutrality rules meant no one could wear religious symbols in schools.
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