A school in Valencia has come under fire after one of its students was told she cannot attend her classes there without first removing her hijab.
The 22-year-old, who is supposed to be studying a course in tourism at the Instituto Benlliure vocational school in Spain’s third largest city, was sent home on the first day of term because she refused to remove her headscarf.
The school has justified its decision by citing an internal rule which prohibits students from covering their heads while attending classes unless it is for hygiene reasons.
The woman argues however that the hijab is part of her religious identity, and has reported the incident to Spanish anti-racism organization SOS Racismo.
“This isn't a kid, it's a woman, of Spanish nationality, who has never had any problems in any school she has studied at before for wearing her headscarf,” SOS Racismo lawyer Francisco Solans told newspaper El Mundo.
The school's principal, Josep Cuenca, insisted to El País that the rule is not “discriminatory”, but rather “reasonable and well accepted” by students. By enrolling at the school, the girl agreed to comply to its internal rules, he claimed.
The rules are problematic. Her usage of the hijab does not hinder her or anyone's learning. There's literally no reason for her to be denied for that--unless like in French public high/elementary schools all religious clothing and symbols were forbidden, which I doubt is the case here.
The rules are problematic. Her usage of the hijab does not hinder her or anyone's learning. There's literally no reason for her to be denied for that--unless like in French public high/elementary schools all religious clothing and symbols were forbidden, which I doubt is the case here.
She could he hiding cheat sheets and **** under that hijab, you never know. I'm assuming she had options but she chose to attend the one school that wouldn't allow her to wear that. Book those headlines, I guess
