British Muslim woman sues UK school over face veil ban
21 July 2017 5:39 PM GMT
A British Muslim mother has launched legal action against her daughter's school in London for allegedly banning her from its premises because of her face- covering veil or niqab.
Rachida Serroukh was reportedly told by teachers of Holland Park School during a parents' evening that it was the school's policy not to allow face veils.
The 37-year-old, whose 11-year-old daughter studies at the prestigious school, has launched a discrimination test case on the grounds of religion after feeling "shaken" due to being asked to leave the school from a back exit.
"I was very shaken and was in a state of shock about what had happened. I had never experienced anything like this before. I have experienced name calling in the street from strangers about my veil but nothing like this had ever happened before. When I got home, I just broke down," Serroukh was quoted as saying by the Guardian newspaper.
She claims to have asked several times to see the school policy banning visitors from wearing a face veil and wrote to the school for clarification on the face veil ban. AGENCIES
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