Spoof video likens top UK school head who tried to ban hijab to Hitler

A spoof video has taken aim at a UK primary school head who wanted to ban the hijab in her school. (Reuters)

LONDON: A UK primary school head who tried to ban the hijab has been likened to Adolf Hitler in a spoof video.
The film began circulating on social media after Neena Lall tried to ban the Islamic headscarf from St. Stephen’s school in east London, the Evening Standard newspaper reported.
She said the move was aimed at helping children better integrate into British society. She was backed by other governors, the newspaper reported.
But the decision sparked a local backlash against the school which was named as the country’s best primary by The Sunday Times.
The video based on the 2004 film Downfall likened Ms Lall to Hitler.
It also takes aim at Arif Qawi, the former chairman of the school’s governors, who joined calls for the hijab ban.
The footage started circulating on social media as it emerged that 20,000 people had signed a petition for the ban to be lifted.
At a meeting of parents and staff at the school last week, Ms Lall was forced to apologize and reverse the ban on hijabs, as well as efforts to stop pupils fasting on school premises during Ramadan, the Evening Standard said.