Muslim complains: Can she drive a carefully drive? Court will soon decide!

Muslim complains: Can she drive a carefully drive? Court will soon decide!

A Muslim in Berlin is preparing for a remarkable legal dispute: it demands the right to drive cars. The case, which will be negotiated on January 15 before the Berlin Administrative Court, revolves around her Niqab, a facial veil that only expires one visual slit. The woman sees herself impaired in its fundamental rights by the ban on the road traffic regulations, since due to this ban she can no longer take any driving lessons and can take the practical exam. As the B.Z. , the plaintiff, who has been wearing the NIQAB for seven years, has filed her complaint because she is dependent on a car to cope with her everyday life as a single mother in the country.

The court will take into account the existing legal framework in its decision, which says that drivers must not cover their face in such a way that they are no longer recognizable. The judge Heike Grigoleit has ordered the applicant's personal presence to listen to the arguments on both sides. According to the Br has already decided that the applicant's application was insufficiently justified. Critics of the concern pointed out that the identification of veiled women is difficult in traffic surveillance and that the view of the street is important for both the driver and other road users. It remains to be seen whether the Berlin courts will come to a different conclusion.

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