Should a girl be allowed to wear Muslim dress?
A Muslim girl from the UK, Shabina Begum, has lost her right
Should she have a right to wear religious dress to school? What do you think?
Read on for more details, and leave your comments here or e-mail us.
She was first prevented from wearing the jilb膩b - an overgarment covering the entire body, except for hands, feet, face, and head - by the school last year
However, the school appealed and today British Law Lords overturned her victory and ruled that the two-year interruption of her schooling was the result of her "unwillingness to comply with a rule to which the school was entitled to adhere".
The school, which has a 79% Muslim population, had already established a dress code for all its Muslim pupils but 17-year-old Miss Begum said the rules "did not satisfy Islamic clothing." She said she was uncomfortable wearing the shalwar-khaeez - a long loose fitting overshirt and baggy trousers.
Are Miss Begum's human rights being infringed or is she undermining a school's authority? We hope to be speaking to Shabina on the programme tonight and allowing you to out your questions to her. Do you support her case?
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