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Geneva politicians exempted from religious symbols ban

A Geneva court ruled Tuesday that parliamentarians in the Swiss region could wear visible religious symbols like the Muslim headscarf, exempting them from a "secularism law" adopted by popular vote in February.

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Muslim woman wins headscarf court battle

A Swiss court has ruled against a company that fired a longtime employee after she began wearing the Muslim headscarf, marking one of the first such rulings in Switzerland, media reported on Sunday.

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Swiss politician argues against hijab in ID photos

Should the Islamic headscarf be banned in photographs for official Swiss documents? One politician is suggesting so.

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School tells Muslim pupil to take off veil in class

A high school in the canton of Bern has forbidden a pupil from wearing the hijab in class, Swiss media reported on Monday.