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In May 2017, the Amsterdam police management was considering allowing their female officers to wear Islamic headscarves as part of their uniform
In this article I have proposed a twofold explanation for the headscarf controversy in the Dutch police force
The Protestant lens, through which many people understand the current order of society, contributes to a public order in which it is often unacceptable that government representatives wear religious clothing
Summary
In May 2017, the Amsterdam police management was considering allowing their female officers to wear Islamic headscarves as part of their uniform. The wear of such religious clothing was and is still, forbidden by the Code of Conduct of Lifestyle Neutrality1– a government document that prohibits officers the wear of any signs that may indicate a certain lifestyle or worldview. Following the logic of a lifestyle-neutral police force, such practices have the potential to become part of the discussion This does not happen in academic literature, as analyses that have the potential to explain this dynamic are currently lacking. This paper aims to explain why the Islamic headscarf is perceived to be incompatible with the lifestyle-neutral identity of the Dutch police, while less visible acts of Islamic lifestyle are not questioned at all in this context
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