The Equal Opportunities Commission in the Netherlands on Friday said that a Catholic high school in the town of Volendam in Northern Holland is guilty of discrimination on religious grounds for banning a Muslim pupil from wearing a headscarf.
Dutch media reported that the girl started wearing a headscarf (Hijab) this school year and was banned from attending classes.
Her father made a complaint to the commission, which said school pupils should, in principle, be free to wear a headscarf, Jewish skullcap or Christian cross. [Ahlul Bayt News Agency] Read more [via National Secular Society]
