A leading British college has been forced to reverse a decision on banning Muslim face-veils after thousands of people signed a petition urging the college to lift the ban, media reports said.
British Muslims welcomed the move with Birmingham Ladywood Labour MP Shabana Mahmood describing the change in policy as œenormously welcome”.
œThe college has made a wise decision to rethink its policy on banning veils for a group of women who would have potentially been excluded from education and skills training at the college had the ban been enforced”, Shabana Mahmood told the Huffington Post.
“My thanks go out to all those who backed the campaign,” Mahmood added.
It happened earlier this week, when the Birmingham Metropolitan College announced that all students are prohibited from veils, caps, hats and hoodies while on the premises.
The announcement was received by angry reactions from Muslim students. They complained that the decision was discriminatory and put their personal freedoms in jeopardy.
NUS Black Students’ Campaign set up the online petition, which was signed by 9,000 students, and together with angry protests forced the college’s principal Dr Christine Braddock to remove the ban.
Amid developing protests against the ban, the college admitted to drop.
“Birmingham Metropolitan College is committed to high quality education for all of our learners,” it said in a statement.
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