Ramzan Kadyrov
The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov criticized the decision of the European court, which allowed employers to introduce employees to the ban on the wearing of hijab and other religious symbols. In his Instagram he called the incident “a hidden war, declared religions.”
“In their opinion, restriction of religious freedoms will gradually lead to the refusal of young people to practice a religion. I’m sure the Muslims in Europe will say a decisive “No!” attempts to impose a complete ban on their religious rights! If you never wore the hijab, now to appear in them at work, at University, society… Convinced that the same attitude to the court will demonstrate to the representatives of other religions,” wrote the head of the region.
He recalled that “in Nazi Germany, genocide was committed on a national basis”. “If you remain silent, there is no guarantee that it will not happen again is already on religious grounds,” — said Kadyrov.
The decision on the headscarves, the European court made on March 14. “The internal rules of the enterprise that prohibit the open carrying of any political, philosophical or religious symbols are not direct discrimination”, — noted in the resolution. The case was opened in connection with the complaint of the two plaintiffs who were fired because they refused to remove the hijab.
March 4, Kadyrov criticized the proposal on the ban to wear traditional Muslim clothing in public places, including in Russian schools. “That prohibition was deadly for Russian society, because we are citizens of Russia, [is] a multinational and multi — confessional country,” he said.