Students have been banned from wearing religious veils to college after a principal ruled pupils' faces must be visible for security reasons.
Birmingham Metropolitan College in Sutton Coldfield, has told its Muslim students they are not allowed to wear niqabs, a veil which covers everything bar the eyes, so they are "easily identifiable at all times". Muslim girls at the school, which has around 9,000 teenage students, have branded the decision "disgusting", according to the Birmingham Mail. [The Huffington Post UK] Read more
