EU allows companies to ban headscarf. How will it impact Muslim women?

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) that interprets EU law issued a landmark judgment on March 14 that upheld the right of private companies in EU member countries to enact policies barring employees from wearing “religious, political and philosophical signs” in the interest of “neutrality.”

Such visible signs range from Jewish kippahs to Sikh turbans and Hindu bindis; Christian crosses, can, perhaps remain hidden under clothing.

The court decision was a response to two legal cases, one from Belgium and the other in France, where a Muslim woman was dismissed by