Posted on 05/10/2016 11:25:30 AM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
The Citadel military college has decided a newly accepted Muslim student cannot wear her traditional Muslim headscarf if she enrolls.
The South Carolina school announced ....... allowing the student to wear the head covering known as a hijab wouldn't be consistent with the school's policy of having cadets look similar.
The school in Charleston is known for its buttoned-up uniforms and close-cropped haircuts that represent the sacrifice of one's self for the greater goals of the unit.
"Uniformity is the cornerstone of this four-year leader development model. The standardization of cadets in apparel, overall appearance, actions and privileges is essential to the learning goals and objectives of the college," Citadel President retired Lt. Gen John Rosa said in a statement.
Strict discipline and tradition are the cornerstones of The Citadel and the school in the 1990s fought the enrollment of women cadets before relenting.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
I agree and it has totally cheapened the entire civil rights movement.
It’s all one big shakedown con-job.
Simple solution. Don’t accept her.
All muslims should be expelled from our country. Send a Catholic Prriest to Mecca and see what happens.
Expell them all. Dump them at the mouth of the Mississippi. I have no empathy for mothers or children. They are sewer rats breeding enemies to our JudeaChristian ways. Kill them all.
...? Doesn’t her faith (the forced hijab-wearing section) say...
There is no forced hijab-wearing section in Islam..
It is a requirement for
Our Army just waived the uniform requirement so a Sikh could wear his beard and his turban on duty.
What country is this anyway?? I cannot tell anymore.
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