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Germany’s highest court has ruled that ultra-conservative Muslim girls must take part in mixed swimming classes at school, finding against an 11-year-old pupil who had argued that even wearing a burkini, or full-body swimsuit, breached Islamic dress codes. | Germany’s highest court has ruled that ultra-conservative Muslim girls must take part in mixed swimming classes at school, finding against an 11-year-old pupil who had argued that even wearing a burkini, or full-body swimsuit, breached Islamic dress codes. |
The constitutional court in Karlsruhe on Wednesday rejected an appeal by the girl’s parents that she should be excused from the classes because a burkini did not conform with Islam’s ethic of decency, German media reported. | The constitutional court in Karlsruhe on Wednesday rejected an appeal by the girl’s parents that she should be excused from the classes because a burkini did not conform with Islam’s ethic of decency, German media reported. |
A spokesman for the court could not be reached for comment. | A spokesman for the court could not be reached for comment. |
Germany is in the grip of a heated public debate about the role of Islam in society as it seeks to integrate more than a million mainly Muslim asylum seekers fleeing war and persecution who have entered this year and last. | Germany is in the grip of a heated public debate about the role of Islam in society as it seeks to integrate more than a million mainly Muslim asylum seekers fleeing war and persecution who have entered this year and last. |
Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose conservatives have been punished at the polls in regional elections by voters angry at what is seen as her open-door policy, on Tuesday proposed a ban on full-face Muslim veils. | Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose conservatives have been punished at the polls in regional elections by voters angry at what is seen as her open-door policy, on Tuesday proposed a ban on full-face Muslim veils. |
Her Christian Democrats, who have been bleeding support to the AfD, a populist party that says Islam is incompatible with the constitution, toughened their tone on integrating migrants at a party conference this week. | Her Christian Democrats, who have been bleeding support to the AfD, a populist party that says Islam is incompatible with the constitution, toughened their tone on integrating migrants at a party conference this week. |
Wednesday’s ruling could give more credibility to future attempts by the government to ban the full-face veil after a parliamentary election next year. | Wednesday’s ruling could give more credibility to future attempts by the government to ban the full-face veil after a parliamentary election next year. |
The girl had argued before lower courts that swimming in a burkini revealed the shape of her body, something that goes against her religion. | The girl had argued before lower courts that swimming in a burkini revealed the shape of her body, something that goes against her religion. |
The constitutional court noted that lower courts had found this to be untrue, and further found there were “no binding rules in Islam” to define appropriate clothing. | The constitutional court noted that lower courts had found this to be untrue, and further found there were “no binding rules in Islam” to define appropriate clothing. |