Liberal Weakness! Bearded Muslim Pupils Have Right to Show 'Full Faith', Says Nick Clegg

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Nick Clegg has said people have a right to "show their full faith" after two Muslim schoolboys were barred from classes because they would not shave their beards off.

Both 14-year-olds had been placed in "isolation" from the start of the new term at Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School in Accrington, Lancashire.

Talks were held with the families of the two boys to resolve the problem but neither side backed down and the school has now decided the pupils can only return to school when they are clean-shaven.

Mr Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, said: "I think kids in school should all be treated the same. This is where we come to a difficult faultline - I think people should be able to show their full faith and wear what they want. But there are exceptions - in hospitals, in security sections."

The headteacher of the school, Xavier Bowers, has stressed that the matter is not one of religion but about dress code. » | Steven Swinford, Senior Political Correspondent | Thursday, October 10, 2013

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