DAR AL HARB - U.K.: NO CROSSES FOR CHRISTIANS IN SCHOOLS, IT OFFENDS MOSLEMS...ITALY HAS DONE IT ALREADY...

OUTRAGE OVER NEW BAN ON THE CROSS

SCHOOL chiefs are today under fire for banning pupils from wearing crosses in class while allowing the jewel­lery of other faiths.

Christian groups and politicians condemned the education bosses and accused them of ­“double standards”.

The officials have told headteachers to ban jewellery except in “exceptional circumstances” when schools need to be “sensitive” towards other faiths.

The “exceptions” include lockets worn by Muslims and Hindu bracelets.But even Muslim leaders have join­ed the condemnation, arguing that all religious groups, including Christian­s, should be treated the same.

The guidance, issued to headteachers in Croydon, south London, has echoes of the row last year over Nadia Ewedia, the British Airways employee who eventually won her long battle to wear a cross at work.

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