Germany's highest court ruled Thursday that a Muslim law clerk can be prevented from wearing a headscarf during court proceedings.
In its ruling, the Federal Constitutional Court said the judiciary's obligation to complete neutrality outweighed her freedom of religious rights, the DPA news agency reported.
The Frankfurt-born woman of Moroccan background had sued after she began as a legal clerk in 2017 and was restricted as to what she could do by Hesse state authorities.