Restoring Dutch identity – Anti discrimination ads

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  1. “Namely, that everyone in the Netherlands should be treated equally. That discrimination based upon religion, worldview, political conviction, race, gender or on whatever ground, is not allowed. Because in the Netherlands everyone is allowed to show his or hers own self everywhere.”
    The Fit for Free schools (a privately owned business) did not discriminate against muslims as such, but they refused entry to people who wore head gear (any head gear, not just head scarves). They have had problems in the past (including agression) by clients who complained that they were not allowed to wear head gear, while fit for free did allow muslim woman to wear head scarves. So they decided to ban all head gear. The entreprenuer’s profits, the safety of his employees and medical grounds against wearing head gear (I can’t tell whether the latter objection carries any weight) did not matter to the judge and the minister, Fit for Free had to give in.
    If this is considered a discriminatory practice against someone’s religion, then how does it weigh up against the institutionalized right of publicly funded religious schools to dismiss gay and atheist teachers? Or for a christian school to dismiss a woman who wore a headscarve and for an islamic school to dismiss a muslim teacher who refused to wear a headscarve? In all cases no further explanation for their action was requested of these schools.
    In reality not everyone in the Netherlands is allowed to show his or hers own self everywhere.

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