(Philenews) Limassol District Court last week adjudicated an unprecedented case of assault against a 14-year-old Muslim girl who had refused to wear her religious headscarf to school, Philenews reported on Wednesday.
The defendants were the teenager’s 41-year-old father and 31-year-old stepmother who both beat her because she refused to wear her “hijab” to school.
The court imposed a four-month suspended prison sentence on the 41-year-old father and a fine on the 31-year-old stepmother.
The case, tried before closed doors, was reported to the police and Social Welfare Services back in 2021.
