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[ Tuesday, 29 June 2010 ]
Decision protects state secularism: Education Minister
Syria suspends fully veiled school teachers
Mon, Jul 19, 2010 | Shaaban 07, 1431
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[ Tuesday, 29 June 2010 ]
Decision protects state secularism: Education Minister
Syria suspends fully veiled school teachers
Nearly 1,200 fully veiled teachers were suspended
Nearly 1,200 fully veiled teachers were suspended
DUBAI (Al Arabiya)
Hundreds of Syrian teachers wearing the face veil were dismissed from their
schools as the Ministry of Education said they undermine the secularism of the
state, according to press reports Tuesday.
Syrian Minister of Education Ali Saad said in a meeting with heads of Teachers
Syndicate offices that the dismissal of 1,200 teachers who wear the face veil,
also called the âniqab,â was necessary, the Lebanese daily As-Safir
reported Tuesday.
âOther ministers are going to do the same thing shortly,â he said.
" Education in Syrian schools follows an objective, secular methodology and
this is undermined by wearing the face veil "
Syrian Education Minister Ali Saad
Saad justified his decision by arguing that the face veil is not in line with
the secular policies followed by the state as far as education is concerned.
âEducation in Syrian schools follows an objective, secular methodology and
this is undermined by wearing the face veil.â
He also pointed out that the face veil disrupts the teaching process as it
hinders eye contact, which is extremely important for the relationship between
teacher and student. Therefore, information is not delivered properly to the
students.
The ministryâs decision affected teachers in various parts of Syria,
especially the governorates Rif Dimashq in the south west and Aleppo in the
north where teachers in nearly 300 schools in each were dismissed.
The number dwindled remarkably in the capital Damascus, while some governorates
were not affected at all like Quneitra in the south.
The dismissed teachers, half of which have contracts with the ministry, were
transferred to the Ministry of Local Administration, especially in the
municipalities.
Several of the dismissed teachers submitted complaints which the minister
promised will be thoroughly studies.
âWe will look into their complaints and all they wonât lose their
rights,â he said.
" Eliminating womenâs identity through covering their faces has nothing to do
with religion, whether Islam or Christianity or any other faith "
Syrian Women Observatory
The ministryâs decision was treated with enthusiasm by both the public and
the intelligentsia and especially by feminists as concerns about the spread of
extremism has been lately on the rise.
The feminist website Syrian Women Observatory said that the face veil is a sign
of going back to the dark ages and constitutes a call for extremism and warned
of its negative impact on students, especially children.
The niqab, the website added, also erases womenâs identity under the name of
religion and that is why the ban should not only be confined to schools.
âEliminating womenâs identity through covering their faces has nothing to
do with religion, whether Islam or Christianity or any other faith.â
The website compared the face veil to other edicts that are issued under the
name of Islam like the controversial fatwa about adult breastfeeding and which
stirred the indignation of Islamic scholars and secular intellectuals alike.
(Translated from Arabic by Sonia Farid).
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