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Highest EU Court Rules Banning of Hijabs at Work

Not only does this ruling sack Muslim women, but it also highlights the bigotry against Muslims, ongoing for years. On Thursday, 15th June 2021, the highest EU court ruled the banning of the hijab at work. This religious prohibition was justified by the concept of neutrality, to prevent 'social disputes'. Even the ECJ (European Court of Justice) has voiced that this is discrimination against Muslims. The court said, "A prohibition on wearing any visible form of expression of political, philosophical or religious beliefs in the workplace may be justified by the employer's need to present a neutral image towards customers or to prevent social disputes." The case was initially brought up by two female Muslim workers, one working at a childcare center and the other, at the Mueller pharmacy chain. After so many years of not wearing hijab and coming back from parental leave, they were told by their employers that this was not allowed, and they had to come without it. No

Palestinian Lives Matter!

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A mosque is a sacred place of worship, where any Muslim finds himself safe. During the night of the last Friday of Ramadan this year, however, Israeli forces barged inside Masjid Al-Aqsa, leaving over 200 Palestinians injured. Israeli forces deployed outside Masjid Al-Aqsa If you are unaware, Masjid Al-Aqsa was the first Qibla of Islam, is the second house of Allah (SWT) built on the earth, and is referred to over 70 times in the Quran, directly or indirectly.  Violence erupted when the heavily deployed Israeli forces stormed in. Israeli police shot rubber bullets and stun grenades around East Jerusalem during the protest of the ethnically cleansed Palestinians against the eviction from their homes. With packed in the mosque, many Palestinians protested in support of those being evicted from their homes on land claimed by Jews in Sheikh Jarrah.  Due to the ruling of an Israeli court, over 550 Palestinians face the threat of dispossession. (The court also ruled that $20,000 must be paid

Boycott France, again and again.

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Credits: Jot It Down By Aina On March 31, 2021, the French Senate voted in acceptance to the banning of hijabs worn by Muslim women under the age of 18, and Muslim mothers to wear hijabs on school field trips. The separatism towards Muslims in France traces back to the Scarf Affair of 1989: when hijabs were not allowed in French public schools.  It is to be established that the uproar about the recent hijab ban in French is not new; it was initially proposed in 2004, typically known as the " French scarf ban"  in foreign media. The bill intended to save young Muslim girls from being " pressurized"  under religious obligation or be forced by their parents. However, in doing so, the French Senate stopped Muslim women, who wore the hijab by choice, as modesty, too. The separatism against Muslim women eradicates the concept of religious freedom, creating hurdles for Muslim women and children in their daily lives, covering up their cowardly behavior by presenting themsel