The Mayor's Veiled Design
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Non-Muslim schoolgirls in Padang will be required to wear Muslim-style headscarves as a part of their school uniform. Is it only a matter of local culture?
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THE mid-term examination set a silence over the classroom. One student—just call her Putri—a student at the PGRI Padang High School, West Sumatra, was surprised when the school's headmaster came to her desk. The headmaster reprimanded her because she was not wearing a headscarf. The girl objected because she felt hot, and the test questions were difficult. "I'm Catholic," she said. The headmaster rejected Putri's explanat
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