A math teacher at one of Belgium's municipal schools also had to seek through the courts the right to wear a hijab in class: in March of this year, an appeals court upheld her right to wear a headscarf to work, overturning a lower court's decision.
Recently, Rezeda Ziganshina, a resident of Kazan, was forced to resign from a car dealership because the head of the company, himself a Muslim by the way, forbade her to come to work in a hijab – a specially tied headscarf. She had not even worn the hijab for four days when she was shown the door with the absurd motivation that her appearance scared away customers. This is completely not supported by real facts: Rezeda's Muslim attire had no effect on car sales.
Ziganshina does not intend to compromise between her religious beliefs and the very vague requirements of the dress code. She considers her boss's demands unconstitutional and remains steadfast in her religious convictions.
News from the Republic of Tatarstan are now quite often devoted to the topic of observing Muslim customs, including women wearing the hijab in public places and at work.
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