Posted by Gavin on September 2, 2005, 2:14 pm, in reply to "Dress Code"
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if i went to paki stan and cut around in my Y fronts or a lady in a mini skirt what would be the reaction then...you can not come to this country live of our money and expect to change the laws as and when you like,,,sounds like you should just leave this country and live in pakistan and see what so called rights you have then...no i did not think so...SO SHUT UP YOU FREE LOADER.
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: Dress Code
: A Muslim girl could not attend her
: school for the last two years
: because she could not wear the
: Jilbab banned by her school. Jilbab
: is considered to be a health and
: safety hazard and is likely to lead
: to an unhealthy competition among
: its pupils to dress more
: Islamically. The High Court upheld
: the decision of the school which is
: worrying and objectionable in the
: opinion of the MCB. The ruling is “a
: regrettable limitation of personal
: freedom”, according to the Daily
: Telegraph. The school has 90% Muslim
: girls and a western educated Muslim
: head teacher who had imposed the ban
: to prevent students from falling
: prey to extremist groups. She wanted
: to protect other Muslim pupils from
: fundamentalists. It is a
: multi-cultural and multi-faith
: secular school which is not suitable
: for bilingual Muslim girls. They
: need Muslim community school with
: bilingual Muslim teachers as role
: models. In the opinion of Fiona
: MacTaggert MP, the native teachers
: do not have the linguistic skills or
: relevant social and theological
: know-how to tackle the issues of the
: Muslim pupils in secular state
: schools.
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: State funded Muslim school with
: Muslim teachers is a proper place
: for Muslim children than a secular
: multi-faith school. The case should
: not have gone to court in the first
: place. The school should have
: tolerated what she wears as long as
: it is the same colour as the school
: uniform and the whole matter should
: have been sorted out as a community
: matter. School has accommodated
: other forms of Islamic dress. Jilbab
: is acceptable in other British
: schools and it is the uniform of
: Feversham College Bradford, the
: first state funded Muslim school.
: The school’s arguments are bogus and
: reminiscent of the arguments that
: used to be put forward prior to 1997
: to prevent Islamic schools from
: gaining state funded status. Respect
: and tolerance of Muslims is
: essential for positive community
: cohesion.
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: State funded Muslim schools are not
: divisive; they are beacons of
: excellence academically, spiritually
: and morally. They provide a powerful
: structure for students to pursue
: their education. Curriculum infused
: with Islamic teaching allows
: students to explore their beliefs
: and cultural backgrounds more fully,
: an opportunity they would not have
: in a multi-faith state school. A
: deeper exploration of Islamic
: beliefs and history produces young
: Muslims who are willing and able to
: serve as responsible and
: knowledgeable ambassadors of Islam
: in the British multicultural
: society. State schools LEAs and the
: DFES are not in a position to
: educate Muslim pupils because they
: do not have enough bilingual Muslim
: teachers, governors and policy
: makers. Islam is a maker of identity
: and belonging rather than a system
: of belief.
: Iftikhar Ahmad
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