School sends girl away for wearing hijabThe girl (center) with her father Iliyas Mohamed and mother Leila. The girl was in Form One. According to her father Iliyas Mohamed, the school’s administrators did not inform them that wearing a hijab was prohibited before she reported. “I went to the school with my wife and I was told my daughter had refused to remove her hijab and dress like her Christian colleagues,” he said. When contacted, Mary Mwangi, the school’s principal, said the girl’s parents withdrew her from the institution because its rules and regulations did not allow hijabs.

Source: Standard Digital February 03, 2019 15:43 UTC