Germany's highest court has struck down the ban on headscarves for state school teachers as unconstitutional, BBC reports.
The court ruled that a 2004 ban violated religious freedom. Other regions of the country also ban teachers from wearing headscarves, but this ruling strikes out those laws as well.
The case, that made the court refer to this decision was brought by two female Muslim teachers who had previously been forced to wear alternative head dress.
The ban was imposed on the grounds that headscarves could lead to disruption in classrooms and prompt questions about a teacher's neutrality. Christian symbols were exempt from the ban.