Top Britain Primary School Bans Hijabs, Says No to Fasting During Ramadan
Top Britain Primary School Bans Hijabs, Says No to Fasting During Ramadan
The top state primary school in UK has banned girls under eight from wearing hijabs as well as fasting among young pupils. St Stephen’s primary school has called on the government to take a firm stand and follow suit rather than leaving schools to create their own rules.
The school in Newham, east London, has demanded that parents don’t allow their children to fast throughout the school day during Ramadan when pupils will have to sit summer exams.
The chairman of governors at St Stephen’s, Arif Qawi, has proposed that the Department for Education should ‘step up and take it out of our hands’.
He added: ‘We did not ban fasting altogether but we encouraged them [children] to fast in holidays, at weekends and no...