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Arizona School Forcing All Female Students To Wear Hijab For One Month
A high school in Tempe, Arizona is forcing all of their female students to wear hijabs — traditional Muslim headwear for women — for one full month, after the parents of a bullied 10th grade student complained to the Tempe School Board last week.
From March 2nd through April 3rd, all female students will be required to wear the headscarves, regardless of their personal views on religion. District officials say the female students will each be given a hijab, as well as pamphlets on bullying and bigotry. Those students who choose not to wear the Muslim garb will face detention or even suspension.
The decision came after a 10th grade student was cornered in the girls’ locker room by five other students, none of whom have yet been identified by the school district. The school’s principal alleges that those female students stole the girl’s hijab, verbally assaulted her with racial epithets, and physically pinned her against a locker while one student wiped her backside with the hijab, before physically forcing her to wear it again.
“This was nothing short of a hate crime, plain and simple,” says the school’s principal, Malorie Reeves. “We aren’t sure which students were responsible for this heinous act, but rest assured that we will expel them from our school the very moment we find out who it was.”
Reeves says that she hopes the headscarves will teach students in her school about tolerance. “We aren’t forcing any of our students to observe Sharia Law or read the Quran. But if we force these kids to wear these headscarves, our hope is that that would teach them about tolerance and to respect people from other cultures.”
But parents are outraged by the school district’s decision. “This doesn’t make any sense to me. You can’t pray to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in that school, but they can force you to become a Muslim?” says Georgette McCullough, a parent and local PTA member. “I heard what happened to that girl, and yes, it was wrong. But what if a kid gets bullied for being fat? Are we going to force all the students to eat cupcakes? This is absurd, and it isn’t Christian.”
Another parent, who asked not to be identified, says he’s filing a lawsuit. “This is America. In this country, we speak American. We pray to our American God, Jesus Christ. And I never read nothing in the Bible demanding I dress a certain way. If you ask me, these kids were heroes. Maybe it’ll teach these people that this is America. They don’t need to believe in that stuff no more. They don’t need to wake up every morning and say `Allah aardvark’ or whatever it they say. I’m suing the school district. I don’t want my kid to become a Muslim. I don’t want them to become bad people.”
Meanwhile, the parents of the bullied student, who also asked to not be identified, say they’re against the school’s mandate. “We don’t want anyone to believe what we believe. We don’t want to change minds or force people to pray to our God,” says the girl’s father. “We came to this country to escape the tyranny and oppression in our native land. We came seeking economic prosperity and the American Dream. We respect all other cultures and our neighbors. What they did to our daughter was unfortunate, but it does not warrant punishing an entire school.”
- See more at: http://nationalreport.net/arizona-s...ts-wear-hijab-one-month/#sthash.ZYZqy1TE.dpuf
A high school in Tempe, Arizona is forcing all of their female students to wear hijabs — traditional Muslim headwear for women — for one full month, after the parents of a bullied 10th grade student complained to the Tempe School Board last week.
From March 2nd through April 3rd, all female students will be required to wear the headscarves, regardless of their personal views on religion. District officials say the female students will each be given a hijab, as well as pamphlets on bullying and bigotry. Those students who choose not to wear the Muslim garb will face detention or even suspension.
The decision came after a 10th grade student was cornered in the girls’ locker room by five other students, none of whom have yet been identified by the school district. The school’s principal alleges that those female students stole the girl’s hijab, verbally assaulted her with racial epithets, and physically pinned her against a locker while one student wiped her backside with the hijab, before physically forcing her to wear it again.
“This was nothing short of a hate crime, plain and simple,” says the school’s principal, Malorie Reeves. “We aren’t sure which students were responsible for this heinous act, but rest assured that we will expel them from our school the very moment we find out who it was.”
Reeves says that she hopes the headscarves will teach students in her school about tolerance. “We aren’t forcing any of our students to observe Sharia Law or read the Quran. But if we force these kids to wear these headscarves, our hope is that that would teach them about tolerance and to respect people from other cultures.”
But parents are outraged by the school district’s decision. “This doesn’t make any sense to me. You can’t pray to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in that school, but they can force you to become a Muslim?” says Georgette McCullough, a parent and local PTA member. “I heard what happened to that girl, and yes, it was wrong. But what if a kid gets bullied for being fat? Are we going to force all the students to eat cupcakes? This is absurd, and it isn’t Christian.”
Another parent, who asked not to be identified, says he’s filing a lawsuit. “This is America. In this country, we speak American. We pray to our American God, Jesus Christ. And I never read nothing in the Bible demanding I dress a certain way. If you ask me, these kids were heroes. Maybe it’ll teach these people that this is America. They don’t need to believe in that stuff no more. They don’t need to wake up every morning and say `Allah aardvark’ or whatever it they say. I’m suing the school district. I don’t want my kid to become a Muslim. I don’t want them to become bad people.”
Meanwhile, the parents of the bullied student, who also asked to not be identified, say they’re against the school’s mandate. “We don’t want anyone to believe what we believe. We don’t want to change minds or force people to pray to our God,” says the girl’s father. “We came to this country to escape the tyranny and oppression in our native land. We came seeking economic prosperity and the American Dream. We respect all other cultures and our neighbors. What they did to our daughter was unfortunate, but it does not warrant punishing an entire school.”
- See more at: http://nationalreport.net/arizona-s...ts-wear-hijab-one-month/#sthash.ZYZqy1TE.dpuf
