teacher cut two girls hair to punish them for not wearing headscarf

A teacher in southern Egypt punished two 12-year-old schoolgirls by forcing the two girls to stand with their hands above their heads for two hours and then cut their hair in their school for not wearing the Muslim headscarf.

 the father of one girl said Wednesday, in an incident that stokes concerns over personal rights following the rise of Islamist political movements.

The governor of Luxor province where the incident occurred called the teacher’s actions “shameful” and said she had been transferred to another school. 

 rights groups say that some Islamic conservatives have been emboldened by the success of groups like Muslim Brotherhood and the ultraconservative Salafi trend in parliamentary and presidential elections and have been increasingly brazen about forcing their standards on other Egyptians.