R (Begum) v Headteacher and Governors of Denbigh High School

R (Begum) v Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15 is the leading House of Lords case on the legal regulation of religious symbols and dress under the Human Rights Act 1998. Shabina Begum (Bengali: শবিনা বেগম; born in the UK, aged 16 at the time and of Bangladeshi origin), was a pupil at Denbigh High School, in Luton, Bedfordshire. Four out of the six parent governors were Muslims, the Chair of the Luton Council of Mosques was a communit... More

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