(Local) A commission appointed by the Danish government has recommended a ban on young girls wearing the hijab or Muslim head scarf at schools.
The commission argues that wearing the hijab marks our Danish Muslim girls as being different from other Danish girls, broadcaster DR reports.
The conclusion was reiterated by Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen, head of the commission and Social [Democratic] mayor for the municipality of Holbæk.
“When you are a little girl and go to elementary school, you should be allowed to be a child. If you then, when you are adult, later in life decide you want to wear a head scarf — doing it of your own free will — we won’t get involved,” Hansen told news wire Ritzau.
