Reaction to headscarf ban in Nigeria

Reaction to headscarf ban in Nigeria
Date: 19.11.2018 14:00

The Nigerian High Council of Islamic Affairs has reacted to nine female students whom were not allowed to enter the university due to they wear a headscarf.

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Nine female Nigerian students were dismissed from the school that they wore the headscarf. In a written statement by Salihu Shehu, spokesperson for the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), nine female students were reacted to the school because they wore a headscarf. In the statement about the incident that took place in the International Ibadan School (ISI) in the south of Nigeria, The fact that girls are not admitted to the university because they are wearing headscarves is a violation of the constitution.
 
International Ibadan School, Nigeria's leading universities in the campus of the University of Ibadan University said that the ban on religious intolerance was emphasized.
 
The denial of Muslim students' right to use the headscarf is a sign of religious discrimination against Muslim students in schools, Shehu said.

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