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Police Hijab Ban Illegal
A Norwegian administrative court on Friday said a ban on police women wearing the Islamic headscarf was illegal, in response to a government refusal last year to allow officers to don the hijab.
The Norwegian Equality Tribunal said in a non-binding opinion that the ban ran counter to the countrys freedom of religion and anti-discrimination laws by depriving a whole category of women from access to the police profession. The official objective is for the police to mirror Norwegian society as a whole, the tribunal wrote in its ruling.
The society is multi-cultural and diverse, and the police should also illustrate this diversity, precisely to allow it to maintain trust at large among the population, it added.
After a Muslim woman said she wanted to become a police officer but did not want to remove her hijab, Norways centre-left government last year first approved a police decision to allow its female officers to wear the Islamic headscarf. (AFP)
A Norwegian administrative court on Friday said a ban on police women wearing the Islamic headscarf was illegal, in response to a government refusal last year to allow officers to don the hijab.
The Norwegian Equality Tribunal said in a non-binding opinion that the ban ran counter to the countrys freedom of religion and anti-discrimination laws by depriving a whole category of women from access to the police profession. The official objective is for the police to mirror Norwegian society as a whole, the tribunal wrote in its ruling.
The society is multi-cultural and diverse, and the police should also illustrate this diversity, precisely to allow it to maintain trust at large among the population, it added.
After a Muslim woman said she wanted to become a police officer but did not want to remove her hijab, Norways centre-left government last year first approved a police decision to allow its female officers to wear the Islamic headscarf. (AFP)
