بريطانيا: مدرسة كاثوليكية تطالب التلاميذ المسلمين بحلق اللحى

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أثار منْع مدرسة "ماونت كارميل" الثانوية الكاثوليكية للطلاب المسلمين من حضور الدروس - إلا بعد حَلْق لِحاهم - انتقاد المجتمع الإسلامي؛ حيث أعرب "محمد ليقات" - ولي أمر أحد الطلاب غير الملتحين - عن استيائه الشديد من السياسة العنصرية للمدرسة، وقام بتوبيخ إدارة المدرسة على ممارستها التمييزية؛ مما دفع الإدارة للاستعانة بالأمن الذي ألزَمه بالابتعاد عن المدرسة واعتقاله، ثم إطلاق سراحه بكفالة.

وقد قرَّرت إدارة المدرسة السماح للطلاب - الذين عُزِلوا عن باقي الطلاب - بإعفاء اللحى طالما أنهم مشاركون في برنامج تابع للمسجد، يساعد المسلمين على إظهار شعائر دينهم بالرغم من أنه مخالف لنظام الزي المدرسي لدى المدرسة؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Fury of Muslim father after Catholic school orders Islamic students to shave off their beards

A Muslim father stormed into a Catholic school and launched a tirade of racial abuse at teachers after two teenage pupils were banned from lessons for refusing to shave their beards.

Mohammad Liaqat even assaulted the headmaster during the rampage in which he hurled insults at white teachers in front of shocked parents as they picked up their children.

The 34-year-old objected to the strict uniform policy at Mount Carmel High School which stated that pupils could not have beards.

Liaqat launched into a 'racist tirade' at white members of staff after 14-year-old boys were told they could not keep their facial hair, police said.

After being arrested, Liaqat was told to stay away from the school, so went to another school nearby where he continued his rant.

When Jeff Brown, headmaster of St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, asked him to move on, Liaqat shoulder barged him, Burnley Crown Court was told.

He has a child at the secondary school in Accrington, Lancashire, but was not related to the two 14-year-olds who wanted to have facial hair for religious reasons.

Mount Carmel school said the ruling on beards was part of the school's dress code, but the 14-year-olds wanted to keep their facial hair for religious reasons.

After being taught in isolation for breaking the school rules, Mount Carmel governors decided that the students could keep their beards so long as they signed up to a programme at their mosque to show their faith.