01 June 2012

Hijab in Brussels schools: ban may spread

Le Soir reports that two secondary schools in Brussels are considering banning the hijab.

In 2008, despite a petition with 4,000 signatures objecting to the change in policy, the Institut des Ursulines in Molenbeek decided to ban the headscarf.

Since then only 4 out of 98 secondary schools in the city have allowed Muslim pupils to wear the headscarf. [Islamophobia Watch] Read more