Saturday, October 31, 2009

Cambridge University allows Muslim students to wear burkhas under their mortar boards at graduation | Mail Online


Cambridge University allows Muslim students to wear burkhas under their mortar boards at graduation Mail Online:

"Cambridge University will allow female Muslim students to wear burkas at graduation ceremonies, it emerged yesterday. By tradition, students are required to wear dark suits and white shirts under their graduation gowns. Cambridge has clamped down on breaches of the rules after officials complained students were increasingly wearing casual clothes to ceremonies. They warned the code 'is strictly enforced at ceremonies, and if you do not observe it, you may not be permitted to graduate on a particular occasion'."