Legal experts say face mask rules make Europe's burqa bans significantly less defensible
For Karima Rahmani and other Muslim women who wear the niqab in Holland, verbal or physical attacks by people opposed to their religious clothing are a regular occurrence.
In 2014, London-based lawyer, Satvinder Juss, represented a French Muslim woman at the European Court of Human Rights who was seeking to appeal the ban in her home country. While the court agreed with some of the arguments, including on public safety and gender equality, she ultimately lost on the idea of “living together”. He toldHe said: “The interesting thing is that we lost the case on narrow ground - that there is an interest in “living together”.
She added: “It’s this bigoted situation where everyone seems to agree that masks are helpful and obligatory and should be worn now during the corona crisis. But at the same time, it just sheds light on how ridiculous and unfounded the arguments, which are supposedly meant to justify the burqa bans, are.”
“But the law also knows a ground of exemption. If certain clothing is necessary to protect the body for health or safety reasons, the law is not applicable. As long as it is obligated to wear a mouth mask in public transportation, the law is not in force. The law remains in effect in other government buildings and schools.” the spokesperson added.
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