Could There Be Another U Turn On The Way?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/10714691.Muslim_teens_in_beards_row_at_Accrington_high_school/

/// Abdul Hamid Quereshi, chairman of the Lancashire Council of Mosques said: “The headteacher is co-operating and the school wants to learn about the issue and address them appropriately. ///

/// “Different people have different variations of understanding. ///

/// “Some are newly interacting with the Muslim community and it is our duty not to put people in awkward positions.” ///

[anotheoldgit]

Seems as if the teachers have something to learn about 'dress code'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255425/Teachers-Gangnam-Style-spoof-video-backfires-accused-undermining-pupils-respect.html

[andy-hughes]

AOG - I am unsure who you think may be making a U-Turn - or why - can you elaborate please?

[bazwillrun]

School rules , dont like it get out then

[Zeuhl]

^
Into a different school with different rules?

A 'faith based' school for instance?

That would be even worse

[Old_Geezer]

I don't see why the school is fussed, religion or not. So long as all is neat & tidy.

[Zeuhl]

Like your avatar OG?

[sp1814]

The parents would've (or at least should have) been told the school's dress policy when they applied for places for their kids.

I wish in these reports, someone would just ask "Didn't you realise this when you signed up?"

[sp1814]

"“Children who turn up to school with red hair, inappropriate jewellery, false tan or make-up are isolated in a room until the matter is addressed and then they return to their normal day."

A little unfair on ginger haired children...?!

[Zeuhl]

^
and Scousers

[Zeuhl]

/Some are newly interacting with the Muslim community and it is our duty not to put people in awkward positions/

Perhaps the Muslim religious leaders could point out that the beard is not compulsory and that delaying strict adherence until the age of 18 is perfectly acceptable

[sp1814]

Zeuhl

Yes, I was thinking that - not all Muslim men grow beards!

[sp1814]

andy-hughes

I believe the u-turn AOG is referring to was a recent case involving Muslim women wearing veils...I think...in courts.

[Gromit]

Is there a school rule forbiding beards?

These kind of rules are stupid. In the sixties and seventies some schools banned long hair. A few years later they were banning short hair. Then they tried to ban coloured hair. Now they ban extensions. All utterly bonkers.

In AOGs second link there is a teacher with a beard and rash (under the basket ball hoop). Will they ban him as well?

Beards are acceptable in life, so there is no reason for a ban. I think AOG is referring to the authorities caving in and allowing them like they did in the recent veil bans that were quickly rescinded. That is the U-turn in the question.

I hope and think they will make a U-Turn.

[Gromit]

he may have had a *rash* but I meant to type 'tash'. ;-)

[anotheoldgit]

andy-hughes

/// AOG - I am unsure who you think may be making a U-Turn - or why - can you elaborate please? ///

Try and keep up Andy, wasn't there a collage recently that made a U Turn on it's previous ban on the niqab,

Read the last post by LazyGun.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1274865-4.html

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// A little unfair on ginger haired children...?! ///

Why is that sp can't see any mention of ginger hair?

[FredPuli43]

Idly wondering (it's the best kind) what the school would do with a Sikh youth. There may be some discussion about the need for Muslims to be unshaven, but there is none concerning Sikhs , for whom it is plainly a religious requirement.

[anotheoldgit]

Why would a Muslim wish to attend a Roman Catholic School anyway, sprouting a beard or not?

[anotheoldgit]

FredPuli43

Perhaps a Sikh youth would not wish to attend a school which imposes a beard ban, least all a Catholic school?

[andy-hughes]

AOG - "Try and keep up Andy ... "

Try not to be patronising and sarcastic - failure to make an OP clear is the responsibility of the poster, not the reader.