Belgium’s court held hijab bans compatible with European human rights law

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In June 2019, the Belgian Constitutional Court ruled that public institutions, including colleges and universities, could prohibit the wearing of religious symbols without violating the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) mandate of free exercise of religion. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 829

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• QUESTION: Worth chasing: what reasoning did the Belgian court give for finding hijab bans compatible with the ECHR free exercise mandate?