Can schools ban the veil?
by Branwen Jeffreys
BBC News
https://www.meforum.org/islamist-watch/48565/can-schools-ban-the-veil
Excerpt:
No-one knows how many adult women in the UK wear the full face covering known as the niqab.
But it is a minority of British Muslim women, many prefer to simply cover their hair with the hijab.
Uniform rules in state-funded schools in England tend to reflect the sensibilities of local communities, as each school determines its own policy.
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Related Topics: Children, Government, Head Coverings / Dress, Legal, Mosques / Imams, Multiculturalism, Schools (Non-Islamic)
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