Girls as young as five are allowed to wear hijabs as part of approved primary school uniforms
by Thomas Burrows, Mailonline:
Girls as young as five are allowed to wear hijabs as part of approved primary school uniforms, it has been revealed.
This is despite the fact a hijab is usually only worn by young women after puberty and in front of men for modesty reasons – not by primary school children.
Campaigners have said it should be ‘fiercely resisted’ and claimed it could ‘sexualise’ young children.
A survey by The Sunday Times found a fifth [18 per cent] of 800 primary schools, including Church of England primaries, now list the hijab in their uniform policy.
Across England’s 17,000 primary schools the figure is likely to run into thousands.
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