Montes-Bradley/iStock(BERLIN) — Six months after banning headscarves in Austrian kindergartens, the country’s ruling right-wing government has gone a step further and prohibited girls under the age of 11 from wearing the Muslim covering in primary schools. The ban, which Austrian lawmakers approved in a vote late on Wednesday, was proposed by the country’s right-wing coalition …
May 17
Austria’s headscarf ban sensationalizes a marginal issue, Muslim groups say
