06 February 2011

Netherlands: Moroccan teenager attacked for not wearing headscarf

A 16 year old student at Scala College in Alphen aan de Rijn was attacked in her school last Tuesday by a group of girls, according to a police report.

The group ambushed the girl in the school building, when there was no teacher around. The girls, fellow students, were angry that the girl, of Moroccan origin, wasn't wearing a headscarf. The attackers did wear headscarves. The attack came following a message posted by the victim on a social media site. [Islam in Europe] Read more