
Austria’s Headscarf Ban Shows What Happens When Law Replaces Integration
Four parties backed a ban on headscarves for girls under 14, and a child pays the price.
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Alaa Alkhatib is a Vienna-based Austrian-Syrian researcher and policy analyst with more than 25 years of research experience. Since 2016, his independent research has focused increasingly on Syria and the wider Middle East, political Islam, migration, identity and disinformation.

Four parties backed a ban on headscarves for girls under 14, and a child pays the price.