Am I right to be miffed that my daughter has been asked to remove friendship bracelets in senior school?

[chocolatespiders]

Thats it really she has worn them for 2 years and loves them they are part of her individuality.
They are made of thread and are covered by her school cardigan and blazer so they are not on show as part of her uniform, during PE she wears a tubi grip bandage on them to prevent any health and safety issues.
Today during a uniform check today she was asked to roll up her sleeves so the person checking saw them and she was told she needs to cut them off
She was then told the only students allowed to wear then are Sikhs.

I am just not sure how i feel about this, she really doesnt want to removed them but i dont want her to be sent to exclusion because of them!!!

the bracelets have been cut off, Her wrist looks very bare now and she has now survived one whole day without them

I would have said, as someone else did, encourage her to challenge the rules politely. Because that's the best way to deal with rules which are stupid and pointless. Other than repeatedly breaking them and taking the consequences and encouraging others to do likewise, which is also good but tiring.