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Muslim anger at Opposition calls for school ban on hijab

Monday June 02 2008

MUSLIM girls should not be allowed to wear a headscarf in public schools, the two main opposition parties said last night.

Why we must say no to the veiled threat in our schools

Sunday May 25 2008

Of all the problems you'd least want to land on your desk when you've just been made Minister for Education, responsibility for deciding whether Muslim schoolgirls should be allowed to wear the hijab in Irish schools must be pretty near top of the list. The good news for Batt O'Keeffe is that it doesn't take very long to say no.

Liam Majaahid Egan with his wife, Beverley McKenzie-Egan Su'ad and their children, camogie players, Shekina (14), Shakura (12), Shakiirah (8) and four-year-old Shadia

State to consider Muslim school-dress code

Tuesday May 20 2008

SCHOOL dress codes in an increasingly culturally diverse Ireland will be the subject of a national consultation process in the autumn.