AL-mu’minaat Organisation (The Believing Women) has called on government at all levels to direct all its agencies and departments to stop unwarranted discrimination against Muslim girls in hijab. Ahead of the World Hijab Day in Lagos, the national president, Hajia Nimatullah Abdul-Quadri, said: “Our hijab has had its undue share of pains in Nigeria. “Of particular attention today is the treatment meted out to Muslim girls and ladies wearing the hijab. Although we have a subsisting court judgement permitting the use of hijab in schools, some school heads in Lagos State have repeatedly flouted this and demonstrated contempt for this ruling. Almost on a daily basis, secondary school students call in to lay complaints of staff member of their schools forcing them to pull off their hijab.

Source: The Guardian January 31, 2019 04:07 UTC