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| French teacher fired for wearing Hijab |
| 2010-11-28 |
| [Iran Press TV] A Mohammedan teacher has been dismissed form work in France for refusing to remove her Islamic Hijab or shaking hands with male colleagues due to her religious beliefs. The teacher had just started apprenticeship at a primary school in Toulouse. The school's disciplinary committee which expelled her says it was defending secularism in public schools. France is home to the largest Mohammedan population among the 27 European Union member states. Nearly 10 percent of the 62 million people living in France are Mohammedan. A ban on Mohammedan headscarves at state schools was introduced in France in 2004. Recently, French parliament approved a bill which bans Mohammedan women from wearing burqa (Islamic veil) in public places. With 336 votes at the 577-seat National Assembly, the burqa ban received the support of President Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing parliament majority while the country's socialists and communists abstained from voting. The moves have been criticized for violating French human rights ... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you... legislation. According to the French government, the recent legislation will affect around 2,000 French Mohammedan women. This is while earlier, members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) unanimously voted against any general ban against burqa in Europe, saying Mohammedan women should be free to choose their clothing. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Ummm, if she's wearing a Hijab, she's already "Half-Sacked" they only made her "Unemployed". (And good riddance) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-11-28 20:51 |
| #1 good. so she should be sacked. what kind of example is that to give non-muslim kids that men and women can't shake hands. |
| Posted by: anon1 2010-11-28 00:53 |