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| German court orders Muslim girl to attend swim class |
| 2013-09-20 |
| A court in Germany has ruled that a Muslim girl may not be excused from mixed-sex swimming lessons on the grounds of religious belief. The 13-year-old girl from Frankfurt had argued that the sight of bare-chested male students breached her religious modesty. She also claimed that accepting the school's offer that she herself could wear a full-body "burkini" swimsuit in the pool would expose her to discrimination among her peers. But on Wednesday, Germany's Federal Administrative Court ruled that it was reasonable to compromise between the girl's religious freedom and the state's duty to educate its citizens. |
| Posted by:ryuge |