(Kuwait) When 23 year old British Muslim Fouzia Khatun, applied for a job as a nursery teacher in Kuwait she was offended when she told she would have to remove her hijab because it is 'an English school'.Miss Khatun, had hoped to work at The English Playgroup in the Muslim Gulf state - where she felt she would be 'more accepted' than in the UK. However after applying for the job, she received an email from the school's HR staff reading:
'Parents don't want their children taught by covered teachers. It is an English school'.
It added that she would not be allowed to wear her headscarf
on the premises if she wanted the job at the fee-paying school - and that this
was 'non-negotiable'
Naturally as is the world today where rules no longer apply
Miss Khatun was offended and took to social media in which to express her
disgust at how an Islamic country run by Muslims has rules.
"I find It disgusting that you think it’s acceptable to ask your employees to remove such a personal and important thing for the sake of appearing physically acceptable to parents, when in fact you should be demonstrating to your students’ acceptance of all kinds of people and presenting this with your varied choice of employee.”
The last I looked fee paying schools are there for the parents and not for people sending in application forms.
