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Hijab can be banned at work: Court

Brussels

Companies may ban Muslim employees from wearing a headscarf under certain conditions, the European Union’s (EU) top court said on Thursday in a ruling on two cases brought by women in Germany who were suspended from their jobs for wearing one.

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