Thus the front page headline in today’s Daily Star, which has belatedly latched on to the case of Amy Owen, whose mother refused to allow her to join a school trip to a mosque. Inside the paper an editorial offers the following observations:

“It’s political correctness gone mad. Schoolgirl Amy Owen was punished for refusing to dress as a Muslim on a trip. The school branded her a ‘truant’ and wrote a stern letter to her family. The headmaster insisted it was ‘compulsory’ for the 14-year-old to visit a local mosque. And he tried to force Amy to wear a Muslim-style headscarf.

“It’s disgusting. Everyone involved should hang their head in shame. Amy is a Catholic. Her beliefs should be respected. Demanding she ditch her faith for Islam is the ultimate religious insult.”

“Ditch her faith for Islam” – because she was asked to cover her head in a visit to a mosque? What are these people on?

See also the Daily Mail and the Sun.