Belgian judgment allows headscarf at schools
As all children are equal, no child was allowed to wear something that covered their hair (i.e. headgear) at a Flemish chain of schools. Now, a Belgian judge decided in favour of a girl who wants to wear a headscarf at school (or may be forced to do so by her parents). If this judgment is upheld by a higher court, than all children should be able to wear something on their head. This is known as the " principle of equality " to prevent discrimination , just as this principle was used to justify the prohibition of wearing headgear or more general any religious symbol by all children. Indeed, a society should not allow that only a section of society (such as a religious group) is not allowed to do something as that is discrimination. But equally, when a section of society is allowed to do something than the whole society should be able to do so or the " principle of equality " is not respected. Thus, either the rule is that no-one is allowed to cover th...