At the Herrbrugg School in the Canton of St. Gall wearing of headscarves is not allowed. Now two Somali girls were sent home because they did not adhere to the rules.
Two Somali girls were excluded from school in Heerbrugg, because they appeared with a headscarf. At the primary school in St. Gallen municipality wearing of headscarves is prohibited.
As the two girls and two boys first appeared to standard teaching, the two girls still wore headscarves. And were promptly sent home by the teacher, as the SRF-news show “9:50” reported. Parents were informed in advance about the ban.
At the school in Heerbrugg (SG) a headscarf ban applies: It is held in the school regulations. “We have a referral from the Department of Education, which recommends a headgear ban. We put in our order at school, “says Walter Portmann against” 9:50 “. The school council president of the Primary School Au Heerbrugg says that these rules apply even longer. “We have not had good experiences with it.”
Interchurch Aid Fund HEKS is outraged
Tilla Jacomet of the legal advice center for asylum seekers of the Agency Interchurch Aid is outraged: “For the integration, it is disastrous that the girls are expelled from school. Rules must be proportionate and take into account the people. Otherwise, the rules are wrong. ”
The event launched the discussion whether a ban on headscarves in schools is legal. So far there is no valid throughout Switzerland judgment, which regulates the handling of headscarf wearing Muslim students.
(Sorry, google translate is used).
Original German article:
do not want to take off their hijab: two Somali school girls
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