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24
September
2003

Fereshta Ludin wins a constitutional challenge to exclusion from teaching

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📅 24 September 2003 📍 Duitsland

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court held that Baden-Württemberg lacked a sufficiently definite statutory basis to exclude a teacher for wearing a headscarf. Fereshta Ludin’s challenge contested the loss of professional opportunity because of religious dress. The ruling did not establish an unconditional nationwide right to teach while wearing a headscarf: it left legislatures room to regulate. The case nevertheless made Muslim women’s agency and equal access to public employment central public issues.

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Fereshta Ludin

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Federal Constitutional Court of Germany