A Muslim woman is attempting to stand up for her right not to wear a headscarf while teaching at a Muslim school. From Expatica, with thanks to Dutch Cares.
AMSTERDAM “” A 32-year-old Amsterdam Muslim is challenging the decision by an Islamic school not to employ her because she refuses to wear a headscarf.
Samira Haddad, a teacher of Arabic, has asked the equality commission to rule Islamic College in Amsterdam was wrong to demand she cover her head in order to work there.
The case comes a week after Education Minister Maria van der Hoeven said she is in favour of a ban on wearing the all-covering burka in schools…
The headmaster of the Islamic College in Amsterdam said the school’s statutes state explicitly that the rules of the Koran and the Sunna must be adhered to.
Non-Muslim teachers can be granted an exemption. “If Miss Haddad was to declare she is not a Muslim then she could, in principle, could come and work with us,” a member of the school board said…