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Hijab-wearing Canadian refuses to show her ears, so can't write exam
Updated On: 06 October, 2016 08:11 AM IST | | Agencies
<p>A Hijab-clad Muslim student in Canada has been prevented from taking an exam after she refused to show her ears to a male teacher who wanted to check if she was wearing headphones</p>

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Toronto: A Hijab-clad Muslim student in Canada has been prevented from taking an exam after she refused to show her ears to a male teacher who wanted to check if she was wearing headphones. The young woman was asked by her male biology teacher to pull back part of her Islamic headscarf so he could see whether she was wearing headphones, said Line Legare, spokeswoman of Montreal’s College de Maisonneuve.
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