Overview

• The product combined a dress and attached hijab marketed for girls aged five to eight and was promoted as comfortable and stylish.
• Otto told t-online it deactivated the relevant articles on Tuesday afternoon to determine its approach to religious symbols on items for children.
• The company said selling hijabs and prayer garments is legal in Germany and emphasized that marketplace partners must meet its compliance criteria.
• The listing became unavailable around 15:30 local time with a notice that the item could no longer be supplied, and Otto did not specify if sales would resume.
• Earlier coverage from the right-leaning Junge Freiheit criticized Otto over children’s hijab offerings and pointed to an anti-AfD sticker on the site, citing product text and unnamed experts.