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School sacks woman after veil row School sacks woman after veil row
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A Muslim classroom assistant suspended by a school for wearing a veil in lessons has been sacked.A Muslim classroom assistant suspended by a school for wearing a veil in lessons has been sacked.
Aishah Azmi, 23, was asked to remove the veil after the Church of England school in Dewsbury, West Yorks, said pupils found it hard to understand her.Aishah Azmi, 23, was asked to remove the veil after the Church of England school in Dewsbury, West Yorks, said pupils found it hard to understand her.
Last month, an employment tribunal ruled Mrs Azmi had not been discriminated against but awarded her £1,100 for "injury to feelings".Last month, an employment tribunal ruled Mrs Azmi had not been discriminated against but awarded her £1,100 for "injury to feelings".
Kirklees Council confirmed the teaching assistant had been dismissed.Kirklees Council confirmed the teaching assistant had been dismissed.
A spokesman said a staffing dismissals committee of the school's governing body had held a disciplinary hearing into "the circumstances that resulted in the suspension of a bilingual support worker at the school".
Test case
"As result of the hearing the committee decided to terminate the employment of the employee concerned," he said.
Mrs Azmi's lawyer Nick Whittingham, of the Kirklees Law Centre, said the local education authority were involved in a disciplinary process against her but he was not aware any decision had been reached.Mrs Azmi's lawyer Nick Whittingham, of the Kirklees Law Centre, said the local education authority were involved in a disciplinary process against her but he was not aware any decision had been reached.
In October, a tribunal dismissed Ms Azmi's claims of religious discrimination and harassment on religious grounds. Mrs Azmi had said she was willing to remove her veil in front of children, but not if male colleagues were present.
At the time, the married mother-of-one, said she would appeal against the decision to dismiss her religious discrimination claims. In October, a tribunal dismissed Mrs Azmi's claims of religious discrimination and harassment on religious grounds.
She criticised ministers who had intervened in the case and said it made her "fearful of the consequences for Muslim women in this country who want to work". Her dispute was brought as a test case under the new religious discrimination regulations, the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2004.
At the time the married mother-of-one said she would appeal against the decision to dismiss her religious discrimination claims.
She also criticised ministers who had intervened in the case and said it made her "fearful of the consequences for Muslim women in this country who want to work".