‘a court is a ‘public’ institution, where respect for neutrality vis-à-vis beliefs can get priority over the free exercise of the right to manifest one’s religion, as in public schools’.
Excerpt from the Lachiri judgment which includes this tricky phrase in para. 45 about neutrality as a potential basis for headscarf bans in the courtroom.
Remember that! Oh, that’s a German court. Total neutrality. See what these hijab judgements are really about?
Evocatively Ambiguous 