Home Guard does about face on headscarves

Political pressure forces home guard to change position on wearing Muslim headscarves while on dutyThe Home Guard was forced to publicly announce a ban on headscarves this weekend, after it emerged that a Muslim volunteer had carried out her training exercises wearing one. Maria Mawla and her camouflage headscarf were featured in one of the Home Guard’s own news articles. That article has since been removed from the guard’s website. [The Copenhagen Post] Read more