Nigeria: Osun Female Muslim Students Can Wear Veil to School

Noticia / 05 de junio de 2016 / Por:Abdul-Hameed Oyegbade

Estudiantes Musulmanas Femeninas podrán llevar el Hiyab en el uniforme escolar

Osogbo — Osun State High Court in Osogbo has given a judgment in favour of female Muslim students in public schools in the state reaffirming their right to wear hijab on their school uniforms during school hours. The case was instituted by Osun State Muslim Community against the State Government on February 14, 2013, seeking to defend the right of female Muslim students in public schools in the state to use hijab on their school uniforms.

Counsel to the plaintiff, Mr Kazeem Odedeji told the court that female Muslim students were being harassed because they wore hijab and urged the court to protect their right to the garment.

But Osun State Chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) had voluntarily joined the suit as part of respondents, urging the court not to allow hijabs in schools, insisting that only berets should be allowed.

Delivering his 51-page judgment yesterday, Justice Jide Falola held that female Muslim students have the right to wear hijab. According to the judgement, Falola held that any act of molestation, harassment, torture or humiliation against female Muslim students using hijab on their school uniform, constitutes a clear infringement on their fundamental human right as contained in Section 38 of the 1999 constitution of Nigeria.