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compulsory kippa http://www.jfs.brent.sch.uk/

and an interesting article: http://education.independent.co.uk/n...cle1433332.ece i see the headscarf as part of the unform is not new (though not liked by the student quoted!)

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Originally Posted by foreverwar

As has been stated by many people in many posts, whilst (to quote slm), 90% of Muslims accept the need for a headscarf, to quote French stats (and I believe the ratio is similar in the UK), only about 20% of Muslim females wear them. It is a personal preference/interpretation of some being made compulsory for all female pupils, which concerns me.

religion is faith so the scope for interpretation is pretty wide. if you're going to have faith schools....

And again (to reiterate one of my earlier posts), most schools with logos allow similar coloured items of clothing - it is recommended, not compulsory.

but many dont. besides we're talking about one school's policy here (two if you count the one in the independent article)

Our local CofE junior and senior schools have pupils of all faiths and races from all over Leeds, and people do not assume by their badges they are CofE - they just assume they attend either school.

but it is still a badge "promoting" christian iconography and establishing the school as one favouring a christian theology. i would bet my last quid that if a kid wore a uniform with a crescent people would asume they're muslim. theyd probably be right mind, given that in the current climate of islamophobia you'd be mad to associate yourself with islam unless you had the faith

Regarding your point re "strands of islam rather than just individuals seem to interpret the need for the covering of the head/face", strands of other religions interpret homosexuality as unnatural - doesn't make the interpretation right.

like i say all faith is open to interpretation. get rid of faith schools and go for seculkar comprehensives is what i say ;-)