Islamic Veils in Swedish Classrooms




(Stockholm, Sweden) In 2009, two Muslim women sued an adult education center for banning them from wearing niqabs. In 2010, Sweden's equality authority ruled that banning the niqab violated anti-discrimination laws.

As a result, the Swedish National Agency for Education (Skollverket) has issued updated guidelines regarding Muslim headscarves.

Teachers in Swedish schools can, in certain situations, prohibit students from wearing Islamic veils that reveal only their eyes, the country's school's agency has ruled.

The ban covers clothing that could hinder interaction between students and teachers or which could pose a specific risk, such as in a laboratory.

Therefore, a compromise solution was chosen which, I suggest, will possibly lead to confrontations in the classroom and more lawsuits.