Three independent Islamic faith schools “force” girls to wear niqab
Three independent Islamic faith schools “force” girls to wear niqab,[Three] Islamic schools have introduced uniform policies which force girls to wear the burka or a full headscarf and veil known as the niqab.
Moderate followers of Islam said yesterday that enforcement of the veil was a “dangerous precedent” and that children attending such schools were being “brainwashed”.
The Sunday Telegraph has established that three UK institutions have introduced a compulsory veil policy when girls are walking to or from school. They are:
- Madani Girls’ School in east London;
- Jamea Al Kauthar in Lancaster;
- Jameah Girls’ Academy in Leicester.
All three are independent, fee-paying, single-sex schools for girls aged 11 to 18. Critics warned that the spectacle of burka-clad pupils entering and leaving the schools at the start and end of the day could damage relations between Muslim and non-Muslim communities.
Good show, I say. The more fanatics try to impose this sort of anachronistic nonsense on young girls, the more likely they are to rebel against it, and grow up to be sensible, rational adults.
Well, one can live in hope, can’t we? Even if we end up dying in despair!
I just do not understand the desire to live in a country where you ‘disagree with the lifestyle’. They certainly do themselves no favours.