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Let girls wear headscarves to class
06 February 2002
To say that the tudung in not part of the school
uniform is to state the obvious. Is there any Singaporean who will
perceive the tudung to be part of the school uniform if it is limited to
just covering the hair and does not descend onto the shoulders and
cover any part of the school uniform? To say that it does not make for
integration of the various communities in Singapore does not make sense
at all. What about: 1. boys from Sikh families wearing the turban to school or tying their hair into a knot at the top of the head;
2. girl from Christian famil
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Girls wearing scarves turned away at schools
05 February 2002
EDUCATION officials yesterday (Feb 4) carried out their
threat to bar two Muslim girls from state school for wearing Islamic
headscarves. The decision came after a month-long standoff as the
girls' families resisted repeated efforts by the authorities to persuade
them to abandon the controversial attire. Nurul Nasihah Mohamad
Nasser and Siti Frawizah Mohamad Kassim were told they could return to
their primary schools if they did not wear the tudung to class. The scarves are allowed to be worn to and from school but have to be taken off during les
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Review ban on wearing of headscarf, Singapore urged
05 February 2002
PETALING JAYA: The International Movement for a Just
World has urged the Singapore Government to review its decision to bar
Muslim schoolgirls from wearing the tudung (headscarf) to school, saying
it should rescind the ban for the sake of harmony and unity in the
multi-religious island republic. Its president Dr Chandra Muzaffar
said the decision by the Singapore Government might have unwittingly
created a new obstacle to inter-ethnic unity. He said the
headscarf had remained an integral aspect of Muslim female attire even
in secularised environments in whi
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Tudung Issue
02 February 2002
The Government's threat to suspend the female students
from school if they insist on donning their tudung defies logic. Racial
harmony cannot be preserved by coercing citizens to conform to a certain
dress code. In fact such a myopic and insensitive ruling will only lead
to greater resentment among those being coerced, resulting in an even
more polarised society. Racial harmony is brought about by tolerance
from all sectors of society. It is not something that can be imposed by
the State. Sameness and uniformity cannot ensure cohesiveness among the
various segments of
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