School bans “Muslim-girl” from taking exam until she removes “Niqab”

UK: School bans 16-year-old Muslim girl from taking A-level exams until she removes “Niqab”.

According to the media reports, the Camden School for Girls, in London, which describes itself as one of the top 100 schools in the country is refusing to allow the Muslim teenager to start her A-levels unless she stops wearing the veil.

It is reported that one of the UK’s top state schools is at the centre of controversy after banning a sixth form student because she wears an Islamic niqab to cover her hair and face.

Souces claim that 16-year-old, who has attended the school for the past five years, was supposed to start her sixth form studies this month. Her 18-year-old sister described the school’s decision as:

“very upsetting” for the family and said: “My sister just wants to wear the niqab for her own reasons and attend a school. I don’t feel like her education should be compromised or the way she dresses should affect the way anyone looks at her.”

One of those to have signed the petition, Farhana Khanom, commented on the website in such words:

“I went to Camden school for girls and many girls wore veils and were allowed to do so. This school had a reputation. And now discriminating [against] people that made their own choice to wear what they feel is utterly disgusting.”

Guidelines from the Department for Education allow schools to set their own uniform policy and enforce bans on certain clothing on the grounds of learning, security or safety. According to the records, last year London Mayor Boris Johnson claimed full face veils in school were “completely wrong” after it emerged that some schools had forced children as young as 11 to wear the niqab.