FranceF’s dubious boycott on religious clothing in state schools has gone under assault after a 15-year-old Muslim young lady was sent home twice for wearing a long black skirt.
The 2004 boycott incorporates Islamic headscarves, the Jewish kippa, or skullcap, huge Christian crosses or whatever other “gaudy signs of religion”.
However, schools’ understanding of the boycott has gone under examination after a young lady, named as Sarah K, was sent home twice this month from the Leo Lagrange secondary school in the eastern town of Charleville-Mezieres.
A nearby training authority said the young lady was requested that return with unbiased attire “and it seems her father did not want the pupil to return to school”.
The young lady herself told the local daily paper, L’Ardennais, that her skirt was “nothing uncommon, its exceptionally straightforward, there’s nothing prominent. There’s no religious sign by any means.”
Sarah K had removed her headscarf before entering the school. Her story was trending on Twitter in France with the hashtag #JePorteMaJupeCommeJeVeux, or “I wear my skirt as I please”.
People questioned the legitimacy of the decision :
At what point does a maxi skirt become a religious symbol? http://t.co/RZYFDanPGx #JePorteMaJupeCommeJeVeux pic.twitter.com/yT24X7ZrBV
— Birdee (@BirdeeMag) April 30, 2015
people even labelled it as a Western hypocrisy:
BC others wearing long skirts is stylish, but muslims wearing long skirts is a problem.OKAY #JePorteMaJupeCommeJeVeux pic.twitter.com/ANTdnPOIod — متو (@xomattouxo) April 29, 2015
One of the user hilariously said that Disney princess are also banned form Disney land—because of their long dress! :
Disney princesses banned from Disneyland Paris for wearing religiously expressive clothing #JePorteMaJupeCommeJeVeux pic.twitter.com/6OLVDJy6Dp
— Sara (@SherlockedSara) April 29, 2015
The newspaper Le Monde questioned whether a long skirt could be considered as “an attack on secularism”.
About 130 schoolgirls were sent home for wearing long skirts last year across the country.
Leo Lagrange’s head teacher has offered to meet Sarah K’s parents, but the school defended its decision, saying it came in the context of “other more visible incidents related to the wearing of headscarves”.
Muslim leaders say the row is an example of rising discrimination in France in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris in January.
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