Berber Mama

American woman married to a Moroccan male here. We have had our ups and downs the last 5 years. We have 2 sons. I love him and dont regret our marriage, but if for some unforseen reason we divorce in the future...theres no way in hell I'd ever marry another MENA man.

Sorry, but I find it more disturbing that a father is forcing his 6 year old to wear hijab.
I can sympathize with the teacher. It's hard enough to get a 6 year old to keep focused and concentrate on their academics without having to worry about them taking a scarf off their head. If he is so religiously zealous why not put his child in an Islamic school?

Well I think both sides are in the wrong in a way...
The father should not let/force his daughter to wear the hijab that early.. It should only happen when SHE CHOOSES to and when she reaches the age of puberty! I know certain cases of girls who wore (were forced to wear) the hijab very early and ended up hating it and feeling forced to do it cause it never came by choice.
The teacher HAS TO get back to the parents before she lets the girl take her scarf off. It should not be her call to tell the child what to do. And her behavior of letting the girl hide behind her until she wears the scarf before the father sees her is totally wrong...simply because it teaches the little girl double-standards... However, I totally sympathize with her point of view..the girl should live as a CHILD not as a grown-up... Hijab is a religious duty and responsibility after all.
The father's logic of letting the girl wear the hijab that early purely comes out of culture and has nothing to do with Islam. The rules are clear about when and how a WOMAN should wear the hijab.
I've been wearing the hijab for 8 years myself and it was totally my choice to wear it, I was never forced to do it.
I remember begging my mom in my first grade to wear it to school even for once, she refused strongly and then one day she let me wear it just to try.. I took it off at the middle of the day cause I changed my mind and wanted to have a hair-do! When I came back home that day she laughed and said "I knew you would do that, that's why I say it's not the right time to wear it yet."... Now that we have a 6-year old girl that keeps asking to wear the headscarf 'like mommy', I say the same thing..."It's not the right time to wear it yet...when you are a grown-up, and if you CHOOSE to wear it, you will wear it."
Aya

Sorry, but I find it more disturbing that a father is forcing his 6 year old to wear hijab.
I can sympathize with the teacher. It's hard enough to get a 6 year old to keep focused and concentrate on their academics without having to worry about them taking a scarf off their head. If he is so religiously zealous why not put his child in an Islamic school?

I thought (from my understanding) that covering the hair didn't come about until a girl reached puberty. If a girl wears one before this time, it's purely her choice so why the big deal if she takes it off?

Sorry, but I find it more disturbing that a father is forcing his 6 year old to wear hijab.
I can sympathize with the teacher. It's hard enough to get a 6 year old to keep focused and concentrate on their academics without having to worry about them taking a scarf off their head. If he is so religiously zealous why not put his child in an Islamic school?