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| Tunisia: Students on hunger strike demand right to wear veil during exams |
| 2012-01-17 |
| Why is it that all the females who wear the niqab during exams seem to have deep voices? Six female Tunisian students have started a hunger strike to demand the right to wear the niqab, the veil leaving only a slot for the wearer's eyes, according to the official Tap new agency. The students from Manouba University in northeastern Tunisia launched the hunger strike on Monday calling for the university to respect their demand to be permitted to take exams completely veiled. Protests in Manouba started on 28 November when students donning the niqab were not allowed to take final exams while wearing their veils. Demonstrations followed by sides calling for the right to attend exams fully veiled and students opposed. Academic activities at the university have been periodically suspended since the start of protests. Exams are scheduled to be given on 24 January. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 Bring in female police officers to fingerprint and photograph their bare faces for their school file, then have them thumbprint and sign each exam book when complete. Bring in a fingerprint expert to confirm that exam thumbprints match the ones on file. And charge a fee -- female modesty is priceless, so let them pay. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-01-17 19:29 |
| #3 Cheating's a lot easier, when it's hard to tell who's taking the exams. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2012-01-17 16:20 |
| #2 If they're such devout religious women that they need to be sacked up like that, what are they doing in school taking exams, rather than being at home breeding new jihadists? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-01-17 14:14 |
| #1 go on and starve yourself. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-01-17 13:37 |