'Non-muslim female teachers forced to wear veil'.

Oh please, spare everyone the theatrics! Why can't a Islamic school ask females, yes even the non-muslim ones, to abide by it's rule in the same way that it's not right to have a veil on at a normal school? It's a school uniform and they're all told about it b4 they sign their contracts. No one if forcing anyone here and it's typical daily mail propaganda.

No one is forcing them. Its to stop them getting stared at by the boys.


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I always find it interesting in these situations that the religion card is quickly played here. Yes, it may be religion, but it's wrong. There is a clear difference between wrong and right. Islam is wrong. The way most of it's followers treat women is disgusting.

Funny, I don't remember sitting there all day staring at the girls from age 4 to 16. Also its a good job girls never glance at boys. I don't get what the obsession is about branding males as some sort of sexual predators who are out of control to the extent that woman need to hide themselves in order to avoid being assaulted. Though with how much sexual assault occurs in some Asian countries, maybe it's just how men are over there, brought up with a culture and religion which treat women as inferior, little more than objects to produce children.

What about female students sitting at the back behind males? Do you justify that too?

How do they treat their women in a disgusting way? They treat them with respect, most lads just treat girls like pieces of meat..i'll leave the details out.

Why do girls have to sit at the back of the class??

I really hope this isn't allowed. Fair enough, you can inform them that they will have to wear hijab when they apply, but forcing them to choose between doing something they don't believe in and unemployment is disgusting.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2426626/Female-teachers-Islamic-school-sign-contract-agreeing-wear-headscarf-theyre-NOT-Muslim.html#comments

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10322872/Non-Muslim-teachers-forced-to-wear-veil-at-faith-school.html

So amidst the ongoing debate about banning burqas and niqabs, we find a story in which all female teachers in a school are being forced to sign a contract stating they must wear veils during school hours, even if they are not muslims, or else they will lose their jobs.

Not only this, it seems, as the school is now found to be telling teachers to force female students to sit at the back of the classroom.

I can just about understand the 'their school, their rules' argument, and although I disagree that we should allow schools to force teachers to do what they want, I think the more pressing issue here is the obvious and hideous sexism.

In a society that prides itself on apparent 'multiculturalism' and 'acceptance', how is it we allow the kind of behaviour that archaically and purposefully oppresses a whole gender, especially children of that gender? Does tolerance only work one way these days?

This is a faith school. If you allow schools to be built upon ancient ideals then expect ancient ideas of tolerance.

To be honest if it's a muslim situation with muslim students teachers should be aware of what they're signing up for, and it is the right of the school to decide it's dress code.

Lmao. Strong comprehension of how women are treated in the middle east.

I forgot that only muslim men were rapists in this country..There are bad people in every culture and society so please dont generalise, not only does it make you look like an ignorant fool but it also shows your level of intelligence.

"Forced", typically Daily mail title, despite teachers signing an agreed contract before hand.

Not really. This wasn't a converted school, it was set up from the start to be a Muslim one.

So teachers looking for employment there would've been fully notified of the terms before starting work there. Just like any other school, where both teachers and students are required to follow a strict dress code.

Only reason this article is being hyped up by the typical Islamophobes is because "it involves Muslims".

Nice stock answer about rape not being exclusive to muslims and blah blah. I never said it was. Neither did I generalise, hence the word 'some'.

If you take the blinkered view that the muslim men, who were involved in the grooming of young white girls, had anything but contempt for these girls then you're either astonishingly naive or just plain dense.

Oh please, spare everyone the theatrics! Why can't a Islamic school ask females, yes even the non-muslim ones, to abide by it's rule in the same way that it's not right to have a veil on at a normal school? It's a school uniform and they're all told about it b4 they sign their contracts. No one if forcing anyone here and it's typical daily mail propaganda.