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| Mirror: Teacher Axed For Keeping Her Veil On |
| 2006-10-14 |
| A muslim teacher has been axed after she insisted on wearing a veil to teach young children. Aishah Azmi, 24, was asked to take it off in class after pupils said they found English lessons hard to understand because they could not see her lips move. The junior school in Dewsbury, West Yorks, said she could wear her veil in corridors and the staff room - but must remove it when teaching. Angry Miss Azmi refused, claiming the veil was part of her cultural identity, and was suspended. A council source said yesterday: "It is ridiculous. How can you teach English to young children with a veil over your face? "The children themselves were complaining. It is about what's best for the children." And the Muslim Council of Britain said Miss Azmi was wrong to insist on covering her face. Spokesman Dr Reefat Drabu said that in the presence of young children Muslim women were not even required to wear a headscarf, let alone a veil. Miss Azmi has now taken education bosses at Kirklees Council to an employment tribunal. It will rule on her case in a fortnight. Many of the 529 boys and girls aged seven to 11 at Headfield Church of England Junior are from ethnic backgrounds where English is not the first language. The school says that because of this it is essential the children are provided with easily-understandable English lessons. Council education spokesman Jim Dodds said: "This is nothing to do with religion. We accepted the veil could be worn anywhere else in school but not in the classroom." |
| Posted by:.com |
| #12 Or least take your veil off. What's it to you, big boy? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-14 22:07 |
| #11 Guess I gotta start using them thar sarcasm tags. Or least take your veil off. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-10-14 20:07 |
| #10 Sorry, the artist formerly known as Eric Cartman..... |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-10-14 14:37 |
| #9 I'll quote a very eloquent contributer here on RB: "I don't talk to laundry". |
| Posted by: Eric Cartman 2006-10-14 14:36 |
| #8 Deaf children were trying to learn to lip-read English from a woman wearing a veil. You can put your eyes back in, Steve. I wuz joshin' y'all. Guess I gotta start using them thar sarcasm tags. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-14 11:44 |
| #7 Deaf children were trying to learn to lip-read English from a woman wearing a veil. Put my eyes out, I've seen it all. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-10-14 11:37 |
| #6 I'll bet we were dealing with another Muzzie in the forum yesterday who forced the English girl to translate for Pakis in class. The action to take here is straightforward. Fire these fools. They were given a chance to teach, and all they did was try to impose Muzzieness on the entire group of children. End the madness. |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2006-10-14 11:34 |
| #5 Aishah Azmi, 24, was asked to take it off in class after pupils said they found English lessons hard to understand because they could not see her lips move. With the usual pro-Muslim bias, this reporter fails to mention that the class is full of deaf kids. And the Muslim Council of Britain said Miss Azmi was wrong to insist on covering her face. Color me shocked! What's next, an unconditional condemnation of terrorism? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-14 09:58 |
| #4 Facial expression and gestures are an equally important element of communication as speech. Sarcasm, for example, is hard to detect without the accompanying lifted brow and roll of the eyes. Intonation and words alone are not a language. The face is involved - where expression is judged as supporting or denying the words. Veiled teachers would best be replaced with unveiled video proxies. One's with wordless warm smiles, such as they would never see with Miss Pious. |
| Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-10-14 09:13 |
| #3 Mmmf !! MMMnn hmmnnnff mm MMMFFF !! LOL !!! |
| Posted by: Kenny 2006-10-14 08:51 |
| #2 Lol! Hear, hear! Well put. :-) |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-14 08:00 |
| #1 Mooff! Mamoff sshshs moof ufufufu moff. an noofmoof sshoof mof. |
| Posted by: Aishah Azmi, 2006-10-14 07:58 |