A lecturer at Bar-Ilan University’s Middle Eastern studies department reportedly insisted on ousting a student who refused to remove her hijab when requested to do so last week as it was covering her face as well as her head. She was instructed to leave the class and she filed a complaint. The professor has since apologized, the Ynet report states.

The school administration viewed the professor’s actions as most serious and sent the student a letter of apology, adding the professor will apologize to her face-to-face.

The Ynet report quoting a comment from the school states, “The lecturer’s irregular and intolerable act completely contravenes the university’s values. The senior lecturer admitting wrongdoing and personally apologized to the student. The university’s management also apologized and seriously reprimanded the lecturer. In addition, the department’s academic staff publicly came out against the incident, saying it considers what he did harmful to the university and its values.”

According to the report, the student accepted the letter and apology and all sides are moving on. However, Israel’s Coalition against Racism in Israel is demanding the dismissal of the professor.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)