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| Muslim girls can wear hijabs at Buddhist school, Thai court rules |
| 2022-04-22 |
The soft jihad of the law expanding special privileges for the Muslim segment of the population. [BenarNews] A court in Thailand’s Islamic-majority Deep South ruled Thursday that Moslem girls can wear hijabs at a Buddhist school housed within a temple where the principal had banned the religious headgear as part of the campus dress code.In its decision, the Administrative Court in Yala province ruled in favor of parents who lodged a petition in 2018 after the head master at the Anuban Pattani School in Pattani province had enforced a policy requiring all students to wear school uniforms and banning hijabs, which he deemed as inappropriate on temple grounds. "[The court] rules to revoke the Anuban Pattani School’s order ... and allow Moslem children to dress according to Moslem customs," a sheet from a court document stated. |
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