Open AccessLegal Regulation of Religious Clothing in the Public Sphere in the Czech Republic in Light of the Case of a Muslim Student versus a Secondary School
Author(s) -
Damián Němec
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
law, identity and values
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2786-3840
pISSN - 2786-2542
DOI - 10.55073/2021.2.91-112
Subject(s) - czech , clothing , face (sociological concept) , religious freedom , public sphere , law , sociology , political science , gender studies , social science , politics , philosophy , linguistics
This study examines the issue of religious clothing in public spaces in the Czech Republic. It describes the legal regulation/restriction of this exercise of religious freedom in three areas: photographs on personal documents, face coverings at public assemblies, and religious clothes worn in schools. Regarding the third area, it examines in detail a Muslim student’s case against a medical secondary school. This case shows that the wearing of religious clothing is very loosely regulated in the Czech Republic and is restricted to a few specific areas.