German Muslim students suspended for wearing Hijab (OP)
A secondary school in the West German city of Bonn suspended two 18-year-old Muslim girls for wearing Hijab, the Islamic headscarf, an education official said on Friday.
The students, both immigrants of Turkish origin, were stopped from attending classes for the next two weeks after an order by principal, Ulrich Stahnke who acted in coordination with the Cologne-based district government.
An unnamed spokesman for the city of Bonn said that the school considered the two girls, who were handed initial suspensions of two weeks, to have disturbed the peaceful running of the school, arguing that the two students' choice of clothing had spurred disruptive debate in the school.
The official added that the two girls would be allowed to return to school if they took off their Hijab, Reuters reported.
It's a case of identity and security. While with a hijab the face is shown with a burka it is completely covered. How do you know that the person under that buhrka is the one on your roll call sheet?
Re: German Muslim students suspended for wearing Hijab
The point is these children must obey the rules of the school..people believe it is unfair..there are much more unfair things going on in this world than what these children can and cannot wear in school.
My sons new school coming this (september) orders the boys cannot have too short a hair cut..no demin coats or jackets are allowed at all...all tracksuits are to be the same from the same supplier.., no chewing gum allowed even in pockets..no going out the school gates at lunch time...
I either abide by those rules or find a school who doesn't have those kind of laws..
I can't go into another country and demand they change their laws for me..I wouldn't dream of it..the same goes here..
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