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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Sep 8, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Officials at a school in the Netherlands are trying to decide what to do about a female Muslim teacher who refuses to shake hands with men.
The unnamed teacher is currently under suspension. Her action caught officials at Vader Rijn College in Utrecht by surprise. This is her second year at the school but the first time she has invoked the handshake ban, which she says is in line with her religious beliefs.
The school says this is unacceptable on the job where teachers are supposed to be a good model for the students, Expatica reports.
School director Bart Engbers said the woman can do what she wants to at home but not at school. "Religious and political flag-waving," he told Expatica, "must stay at home."
And, so must she, too, until the school gets a ruling on the matter.
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