.... The wearing of the face-covering veil during teaching periods, the court wrote in a statement published on Friday, prevented essential non-verbal communication between teachers and pupils.
Judges found that the right of the state to educate took priority over the pupil's right to religious expression.
"Open communication during teaching is based not only on the spoken word, but also on non-verbal elements such as facial expressions, gestures and other body language," the court said.
If these elements of communication are missing, the ruling stated, teachers could no longer properly fulfill their job. [The Local Europe] Read more
