Muslim teachers fired for wearing head scarf: Belgium
Regional-Belgium, Culture, 7/13/2006

Two Muslim women working as teachers in Brussels have been dismissed for wearing a head scarf.

Both women were teaching Islam at two Brussels primary schools, one in the district of Etterbeek and the other in Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, "Flandernews" website reported yesterday.

According to internal rules imposed by both schools, it is not allowed for pupils or teachers to wear or display any eye-catching religious symbols.

The two women are said to have accepted the school rules last September, but started wearing a head scarf four months later. They received several warnings before being fired. Both teachers have launched an appeal against their dismissal.

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