Austria bans headscarves for girls under 14 in schools

Austria enforces a headscarf ban for girls under 14 in schools starting this academic year.

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The Integration Minister defends the measure as constitutional and necessary to counter hate preachers.

This decision reignites the debate on secularism and minority rights in Europe.

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