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Teacher At Muslim University In India Excused From Burqa Requirement

By Howard M. Friedman

In India, a teacher at Aliah University, West Bengal's first Muslim University, has won her battle to teach without wearing a burqa.  Indian Express reports today that the West Bengal Students' Union had told all teachers to wear burqas to class, but Sirin Middya refused and for three months has not been able to hold class. However on Monday the university administration asked Middya to resume teaching and assured her she would not face problems for not wearing a burqa. The student union agreed that she could resume teaching so long as whatever she wore was "decent." It accused her of "creating an issue" through the media, where none existed.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on August 10, 2010 (boomark / email).