BRUSSELS (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Equal Opportunities Commission in the Netherlands on Friday said that a Catholic high school in the town of Volendam in Northern Holland is guilty of discrimination on religious grounds for banning a Muslim pupil from wearing a headscarf.
Dutch media reported that the girl started wearing a headscarf (Hijab) this school year and was banned from attending classes.
Her father made a complaint to the commission, which said school pupils should, in principle, be free to wear a headscarf, Jewish skullcap or Christian cross.
Last year, an orthodox Christian primary school in The Hague refused to accept a Muslim teacher because she was wearing a headscarf, noted the media reports.
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