Network storm • Student banned because "he refused to wear a skullcap"

"How is it possible that a student is banned from the class by his lecturer just because he does not want to wear a skullcap and the university is backing it?" – A student wrote on Facebook earlier this week against the Bar Ilan University and caused uproar on the social network, winning many reactions.

Zohar, one of the surfers, published the story on the page of the University and told the story as it happened in the basic studies course (Talmud - YA) provided by Dr. Chaim Talbi. "The lecturer announced at the beginning of the course that whoever is training in his program is committed to wearing a yarmulke, because he 'signed on it, at the regulations of the University.

"One student objected. The teacher referred him to the Secretariat Department. The following class he arrived and asked to talk about it with the teacher after class and was refused. The teacher asked him to put on a cap or leave the classroom. He stood up and left," writes Zohar and adds: "If I had more options for courses at times which do not interfere with school and my work, I would do it. It's a shame as the course is quite interesting.

"So in the meantime I'm sitting in a class of general school graduates, put on a cap and shut my mouth. The issue should be checked out with the teacher and this obligation should be cancelled, since clearly it does not consist with the views of most secular students at Bar Ilan University."

The university responded immediately, "according to the regulations it is mandatory to cover ones head for basic classes. Not all teachers are careful about it, but who does this, works flawlessly. This paragraph appears on the student's statement that seals anyone applying to university. Signing the form represents a step necessary during the registration process, so that every student should know it."

But the reaction stirred even more surfers and an open discussion began on the social network concerning religious coercion."

"How can a public body supported / funded by the state impose such rules," wrote a surfer. "In this case - religious coercion, on the client! Were it not for state support you would not exist. It is the right of every citizen to live his life - from freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, or freedom of faith, and no source, especially - a publicly supported by our funds, has the right to dictate to those of us the way we live. Shame and disgrace!"

Another surfer wrote: "I am lucky I did not study at Bar Ilan."

What is your opinion?

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!