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ISSUE 107 / 2018
NEWS
LONDON NEWS
OFSTED HEAD BACKS
HEADTEACHER WHO TRIED TO
BAN GIRLS FROM WEARING
THE HIJAB
The head teacher of St Stephens Primary School in
Newham, East London, Neena Lall, attempted to ban girls
under the age of 8 from wearing the hijab.
Although the ban failed due to 19,000
protestors signing a petition, Amanda
Spielman, Ofsted's chief inspector,
supported the bullshit notion by claiming
that head teachers should "have the right
to set school uniform policies as they see
fit, in order to promote cohesion".
We don't know where or when a piece
of clothing worn for religious purposes
ever came into the equation of a 'school
uniform', as far as we are aware, wearing a
hijab is like wearing glasses; it's something
that has to be done. Argument over.
On top of that, Spielman went on to add
that "Ofsted inspectors are increasingly
brought into contact with those who
want to actively pervert the purpose of
education. Under the pretext of religious
belief, they use educational institutions,
legal and illegal, to narrow young people's
horizons, to isolate and segregate,
and in the worst cases to indoctrinate
impressionable minds with extremist
ideology."
This isn't the first time Spielman has
challenged the hijab. Back in November,
she announced that Ofsted inspectors
would start to quiz young girls wearing the
hijab as the garment, that's supposed to be
worn after puberty, "sexualised" children.
Just to make this clear, Spielman said that a
scarf, that is used in Islam to protect a girl's
modesty, is sexualising children….
Honestly, we don't understand what
indoctrinated Spielman to think up all of
this shit! But in the meantime, at least
Spielman and Hall won't be getting their
way anytime soon.
