UK-based department store John Lewis is offering for the first time the hijab in its school uniform department, the British daily news website Daily Mail reported Saturday.
John Lewis, which is due to sell the Islamic headscarf in its London and Liverpool stores, said it was responding to school demands.
“We provide uniforms for 350 schools across the country,” a spokesperson for John Lewis said.
“The school informs us of the items they want us to sell as part of their uniform list,” he added.
The store, which signed contracts with two schools, will sell a hijab for approximately $15 (£9).
John Lewis won the contract to supply uniforms to the Islamia Girls’ School in north-west London and Belvedere Academy in Liverpool.
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