Girls as young as four ordered to wear hijabs in schools in England

Sep 25, 2017 by

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More than two in five Islamic schools in England that accept girls require them to wear a hijab as school uniform, according to new research.

Some 59 of 142 (42%) Islamic schools, including 27 primary schools, have a uniform policy which states a head-covering is compulsory, the National Secular Society (NSS) said.

The body has written to Education Secretary Justine Greening to express its concern over the figures, which also showed eight of the secondary schools and three of the primary schools were state-funded.

In the letter, the NSS asks for Muslim girls to be given ‘free choices’ and that guidance should be issued that allowing headscarves to be worn should not extend to primary schools.

The letter said: ‘In our view, the forcing of a child to wear the hijab, or any other item of religious clothing, is entirely at odds with this fundamental British value and with wider human rights norms on children’s rights. This conflict needs to be addressed.’

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