Girl “Loses Right” to Repress Self
Charles Johnson
Wed Mar 22, 2006 at 9:24 am PST • Views: 245
Who writes these headlines for Reuters, anyway? Girl loses right to wear Muslim clothing in school. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
How could she “lose” a “right” she never had? In point of fact, she was suing for a special exemption to school regulations—at a school that had already partly surrendered to demands for Islamic dress.
LONDON (Reuters) - A teenage Muslim girl lost the final stage of a long-running legal battle on Wednesday to be allowed to wear full Islamic dress at school.
Shabina Begum was sent home from school in September 2002 and ordered to change her clothes after she decided to start wearing the jilbab, a long gown which covers the whole body except for the hands and face.
She successfully appealed against the decision in March 2005 when the Appeal Court ruled her human rights had been breached by the ban.
But her school, Denbigh High in Luton, itself appealed against that decision and on Wednesday it was upheld by the House of Lords.
“Her family had chosen that school for her with the knowledge of its uniform requirements,” said Lord Hoffmann, one of five law lords who heard the case.
“She should have sought the help of the school and the education authority in solving the problem. They would no doubt have advised her that if she was firm in her belief, she should change schools.”
And of course, al-Reuters doesn’t think it’s important for you to know that this case was part of radical Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir’s agenda, as they continue to push for acceptance of misogynistic, repressive dress for women in all avenues of British life: Revealed: radicals who backed girl in dress fight.
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