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Aishah Azmi is a Muslim woman who came to public attention after being suspended from her position as a classroom assistant in a Church of England school for refusing to take off her Niqab face veil when teaching small children. A picture of her in her niqab appeared on the front pages of British tabloids, such as The Sun, The Times and the Daily Mail, as well as Newspapers such as the Daily Telegraph. Prior to the outcome of her religious discrimination tribunal case, Prime Minister Tony Blair broke from the traditional protocol of not commenting on a case before the courts, and gave his backing for her dismissal. Image File history File links Veil_Case_Teacher. ...
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Her case came on top of remarks by Jack Straw who said that he had asked women visiting his constituency surgeries to consider uncovering their noses and mouths in order to allow better communication. He claimed that no women had ever chosen to wear a full-veil after this request[1][2][3]. When asked whether he would prefer veils to be abolished completely, Mr Straw said: "Yes. It needs to be made clear I am not talking about being prescriptive but with all the caveats, yes, I would rather."[4] John Whitaker Jack Straw M.P. (born August 3, 1946, Buckhurst Hill) is a British Labour Party politician. ...
When Aishah went for an interview for the school in Dewsbury, Yorkshire she was wearing a Hijab, which shows the face but not the hair. She did not inform the interviewers that she intended to wear the niqab. The school maintains that they decided to ask her to remove the veil only after complaints from the pupils that they were unable to fully understand what the teacher, Miss Azmi, was saying [citation needed]. Miss Azmi informed the school that she would only remove the veil if no male member of staff was present, as per Muslim interpretation of the Koran concerning modesty for women. This stipulation was deemed unacceptable by her employer but rather than take a normal employment law course of instructing her not to wear the Niqab, warning her and then dismissing her, it suspended her pending the outcome of the tribunal case. This course of action was expressed to be 'without prejudice' by a spokesman for the local authority. It appears that Mrs Azmi remains on full pay although suspended from her position until the outcome of her legal case. As she has said she will appeal she will remain on full pay for a considerable period. Statistics Population: 54,341 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE245225 Administration District: Kirklees Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Ambulance service: Yorkshire Post office and...
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Hijab or ħijÄb () is the Arabic term for cover (noun), based on the root Øجب meaning to veil, to cover (verb), to screen, to shelter. In some Arabic-speaking countries and Western countries, the word hijab primarily refers to womens head, face, or body covering. ...
She took her case to an employment tribunal on the grounds that she had been discriminated against on religious grounds and that she had been victimised as a result of complaining. The Tribunal dismissed her case of religious discrimination but found that she had been victimised. She was awarded £1000 in compensation for this victimisation and because in dealing with her grievance the school had not followed minimum grievance procedures set out in the law it was bound to increase this award by between 10 and 50%. It choose the minimum increase of 10% and therefore awarded her £1100 in total. £1000 compensation for victimisation is about the smallest award a tribunal could reasonably make in such a case. Employment Tribunals are inferior courts in Great Britain which have statutory jurisdiction to hear many kinds of disputes between employers and employees. ...
As the case was ongoing, MP Phil Woolas, a junior minister in the Department for Communities and Local Government, said that "she should be sacked". Tony Blair, the Prime Minister also signalled that he considered women who wore a veil when teaching should be sacked, and added that in his opinion the veil was a "mark of separation" that made him "uncomfortable".[5] [6] As it states above a further 10% was added on top of that as the Kirklees Council had failed to comply with the correct grievance procedures. [7] Miss Azmi vowed to appeal the decision to a higher court, though her local MP, Shahid Malik said that the decision was a "victory for common sense" and asked her to "give up". Philip James Woolas (born 11 December 1959) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...
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Writing in the Times newspaper on 2nd November 2006 Mary Ann Sieghart described Mrs Asmi's refusal to uncover her face when facing a class of young children as being as culturally insensitive as it would be for Ms Sieghart to walk through a souk in the Middle East in shorts.
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Hijab or ħijÄb () is the Arabic term for cover (noun), based on the root Øجب meaning to veil, to cover (verb), to screen, to shelter. In some Arabic-speaking countries and Western countries, the word hijab primarily refers to womens head, face, or body covering. ...
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The Daily Express launched what it called a Crusade against the veil. The United Kingdom debate over veils began in October 2006 when the MP and government minister Jack Straw wrote in a local newspaper that, while he did not want to be prescriptive, he preferred talking to women who...
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References - ^ http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/news/newsheadlines/display.var.954145.0.straw_in_plea_to_muslim_women_take_off_your_veils.php
- ^ http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=22773
- ^ BBC News – Straw's veil comments spark anger
- ^ In quotes: Jack Straw on the veil - BBC News. October 6, 2006
- ^ Blair backs suspension of veil woman - The Sydney Morning Herald. October 18, 2006
- ^ Blair backs school in veil row - The Guardian. October 17, 2006
- ^ Veil case teacher costs us £250,000 - Daily Express. 20 October 2006
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External Links - Andrew Gilligan discusses links between Aishah Azmi and Tablighi Jamaat
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