Children
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Iffat Mirza, Cambridge Have you ever seen a young child trip and perhaps graze their knee? Perhaps they burst into tears and perhaps you told them to ‘be brave’. Perhaps that was enough for them to dry their eyes and go back to their games. It is deeply saddening to think – is this what
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Navida Sayed, London The head of OFSTED Amanda Spielman announced earlier in the week that Inspectors would question girls who wear hijab in primary school to find out why they do so. She said ‘creating an environment where Muslim children are expected to wear the headscarf could be interpreted as sexualisation of young girls’. If
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Sarah Waseem, London Amanda Spielman, the Chief Inspector for Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education (UK)) inspectors will talk to primary school girls who wear the hijab to ascertain from them why they do so. The move comes after concerns that wearing the hijab could be interpreted as the sexualising of young girls. Is the
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot It was with shock I turned my phone on early this morning and saw Manchester being talked about by everyone. There is always shock when a bombing or attack happens but one involving young people always hurts more. It was with tears my teenage daughter spoke to me after waking and finding
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