Professor acusat d’islamofòbia a Bèlgica per no voler auriculars amagats sota el hijab

Un professor de la Universitat Lliure de Brussel·les (ULB) demana veure orelles i canells a tots els estudiants abans d’un examen. La mesura per evitar trampes s’ha considerat un atac a la llibertat religiosa.

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Segons va publicar el portal Fdesouche el 18 de juny, un professor de la Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) ha estat acusat de discriminació per haver demanat a una estudiant amb hijab que mostrés les orelles i els canells abans d’un examen. L’objectiu del professor era comprovar que no portava auriculars ni dispositius electrònics ocults que poguessin servir per fer trampes.

Els fets van tenir lloc en el marc d’una prova escrita. El docent va aplicar la mateixa mesura a diversos estudiants: mostrar les orelles i els canells com a mesura preventiva davant l’ús creixent de tecnologia oculta per copiar en exàmens. Tanmateix, quan aquesta verificació va afectar estudiants amb vel islàmic, es va considerar que podia vulnerar la seva llibertat religiosa. Algunes noies es van negar a ensenyar les orelles perquè contradiu les seves creences religioses i altres estudiants van sortir en la seva defensa.

Denunciat a la direcció per evitar trampes

Un grup d’estudiants va denunciar el cas a la direcció de la universitat, que ha obert una investigació interna. A través de xarxes socials i mitjans digitals, la situació s’ha difós ràpidament i s’han generat crítiques contra el docent per suposada islamofòbia. Altres veus defensen que es tracta d’una mesura de control acadèmic general.

El mateix professor va afirmar que la mesura s’aplicava de forma igual per a tots els estudiants, independentment de la seva aparença o creences. De moment, la ULB no ha pres cap mesura disciplinària. L’incident ha obert un debat sobre com es poden combinar els protocols de seguretat acadèmica amb el respecte a les conviccions personals dins les institucions d’ensenyament superior.

El debat sobre el vel i l’equitat en els exàmens

El cas de Brussel·les s’inscriu en un debat més ampli sobre l’equitat en contextos educatius. En instituts de Madrid s’ha prohibit el vel islàmic i un dels motius és evitar la possibilitat que s’hi ocultin auriculars o altres dispositius electrònics. Aquestes mesures s’han justificat des de la direcció dels centres com una manera de garantir la igualtat entre tot l’alumnat i evitar qualsevol sospita de tracte preferencial. Les decisions, però, també han generat controvèrsia i protestes per part d’alumnes i entitats socials que consideren que afecten la llibertat religiosa.

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