Kahlun Hammad
Snn news
The use of headscarves by Muslim students has sparked political debate at the start of the school year, after Social Security Minister Sanni Grahn-Laasonen (NCP) stated on social media that face-covering burqas and niqabs are not suitable in Finnish classrooms.
The Finns Party, along with Finance Minister Riikka Purra, has proposed a legal ban on face-covering veils, and the Christian Democrats also support a school veil ban.
However, Ilta-Sanomat reports that Finland’s Minister of Education, Anders Adlercreutz (SPP), does not support a ban, noting that burkas are simply not worn in Finnish schools and that the ministry has not received any reports of children wearing them.
“Some may have worn a niqab at some point, but that is very uncertain,” he added.
According to the minister, a law banning burkas would be pointless.
According to the minister, a law banning burkas would be pointless.
“It would be a poor use of legislative resources to make a law in a situation where the need is extremely limited or nonexistent,” he said.
He added that if such situations arise, it makes more sense to rely on the tools and rules schools already have in place.
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