Turkey says EU headscarf ruling ‘grants legitimacy to racism’

Allowing businesses to ban item of clothing at work will exclude Muslim women and encourage Islamophobia, critics say

Turkey's cabinet ministers have criticised a European Union court's decision to allow employers to ban headscarves from their workplaces, saying it is a blow to the rights of Muslim women" and that it would grant legitimacy to racism".

The EU's highest court, the European court of justice (ECJ), on Thursday ruled that private employers can ban workers from wearing religious symbols, including headscarves in their workplaces.