ibnhasan:



A uniform is not such a sacred element of education that it can't be changed to accommodate people who, due to religious obligation, need to dress a little differently.

With appropriate regulation, girls can wear Hijab without breaking the "uniformity" of school uniforms.

A Court decision that says shuts out a particular group of people from schools because of a harmless form of dressing is INTOLERANT not SENSIBLE.

millionaireman:


Anybody can wear hijab, but not where it is unsuitable. Even in Christianity, there are many regulations which most Christians no longer observe or take serious.

Laws, be they religious, or common, are meant for mankind; but mankind is not made for laws. In other words, mankind must at every stage abandon any laws that are no longer in tune with the time.

If, as is obvious, the use of Hijab or Burqa restrains a female's vision in today's fast-moving world with fast moving objects like vehicles, trains, motorcycles, and bicycles,etc., why must a female be constrained to wear those hijab and burqas that constrain her vision? These days, some Westerners even taunt Muslims with the saying that "Muslims Bag their Females."

voltron:


prayer breaks 5 times in a school day?

voltron:


Female teachers for female students?

voltron:


Clerics to come in to teach Muslim kids, isolation and non-interaction with "infidels".

voltron:


Why not simply invest in more Muslim only institutions if you want pure Islamic values adhered to there.

LordReed:


Same way by regulation I should be allowed to post in any section on Nairaland without having to confess to being of a particular religious persuasion.

BTW the court decision does not stop anyone from attending school so your conclusion is false.

isick:

pls, answer these question honestly.if my daddy(babalawo,for instance) tells me after wearing my school uniform, i must wear there babalawo attire on it to school,so has obey their gods or start wearing my choir garment to school as my symbol of obedience to God. wont u say dis awkard?

ibnhasan:


These are not real life scenarios, buddy. In fact Babalawo attires have the potential to cause harm which is not the case with the Hijab.

willibounce1:


Just wondering how old you are. All your points sounds very childish and out of point.

ibnhasan:
Why the Hijab ban is flawed

1. Muslims pay tax and have the right to attend public institutions. The Public institutions should therefore not be set up in such a way to preclude Muslims from attending. People made the rules, and people can change them.

2. Christians really have no obligation to wear white garments beyond the church and neither do the traditional worshipers have any religious clothes. So allowing Hijabs will NOT translate to chaos. I know many christian boys who wear rosaries all the time and no one has ever challenged that.

3. We should also stop the lie that there is no religion in public schools. The fact that students pray on assembly everyday and that religious studies are still taught negates this.

4. Nigeria is secular on paper only. Its the reason why religious leaders still have so much influence in our politics a la Oristejafor and Northern Emirs;the reason why we pray in every government function and even sponsor people on religious pilgrimages with taxpayers money. Countries that are truly secular don't do these.

5. By banning Hijab in public schools its easy to see how the ban may soon include all public places in the name of secularism; government offices including the House of Reps and Senate are also public spaces which should be devoid of all religious symbols.

6. Must it to get to that before we see how a Hijab ban erodes the fundamental human rights of Muslims?

7. By criminalizing Hijab in schools, what lesson are we passing across to young ones about tolerance and mutual respect?

8. Yet Hijab harms no one. Those who oppose it do so only because they don't like it.

Freelancer00:
U know about Mosques so well. Have u ever been in one. Same reason a Yoruba man won't be allowed to pray for them in the North, same reason the Hausa man won't be allowed to pray in the south

ibnhasan:


In case you didn't know, USA is far more secular and advanced than we are yet Muslim children freely wear hijab to school WITH AND WITHOUT UNIFORM.

willibounce1:


Madam, if public schools are funded with tax payers moneys, are Muslims the only people paying tax? Ur daughters can wear hijab to anywhere they like except a school, a public school, because it is mixed. There is a uniform and the hijab is not part of it. They can wear the hijab when going home or on their way to school. But the moment you step ur feet on the school compound, u take off the hijab. If we should be free to exercise our religions just the way we like, then a son of an Ifa priest can wear a rope with a vulture's skull as pendant to school. I'm sureness u'll like that. No hijab in PUBLIC schools. Simple as ABC

MrNiceGuy5:

Oga, That one na lie , Hausa will pray in any southern mosque but yoruba can't even start the prayer in hausa mosq

Alenkakent:
Na wa o... I think its high tym muslims started springing up more schools from nursery to university where the muslim students can fully follow the teachings of the prophet...
I don't blame govts for banning hijab.. We all know who pioneered most of govt schools... Aint they christain missionaries?

BetaThings:

My point exactly
You and he cannot explain Islam to me
We spend time learning this stuff
and Non-muslims will just throw random stuff at me and "explain" Islam to me!!!
I went to a public secondary school where I had to learn CRK
But I still don't debate christian theology with Christians

I am not copying Arabs. I am practising Islam
I have confronted an Arab before on Islamic matters
As an aside if you hate African Muslims, why should I not love and copy Arabs?
Anyway the matter of Hijab is explained in the hadeeth of Aisha (RA)

As for hating, it is your choice
But you owe yourself a duty as an educated person to truly understand what you hate
BTW has it occurred to you that declaring proudly that you hate a religion is a problem in its own right?

isick:

den stay at home

all4naija:
Not in public school. It used to be in Europe but it's quickly banned after seeing how Muslim extremists could possibly use it to commit more evils.

kraftykc:


Those bloody missionaries, bringing education, health services and general enlightenment and whatnot to Nigeria.

Blood suckers every last one of them.

Originalsly:
Muslim public school children in the US do wear hijab in school if they choose to.

abya:


See how sensibe you are. Na GEJ ban hijab in Lagos? Is fashola not a muslim?if they vote out GEJ then ur papa go enter na.

ibnhasan:


Effectively it does. A conscious Muslim girl won't go out with her hair uncovered. When you ban hijab in schools she can't go.

all4naija:
Not in public school. It used to be in Europe but it's quickly banned after seeing how Muslim extremists could possibly use it to commit more evils.

all4naija:
Not in public school. It used to be in Europe but it's quickly banned after seeing how Muslim extremists could possibly use it to commit more evils.

ibnhasan:


On the American public schools, Google is your friend sir. And the ban of Hijab in MOST of Europe is not due its potential to be used by terrorist but mainly to maintain the European Identity and sundry issues.

ayinba1:

Yes in public schools in USA. Good lord! Why would someone just type complete falsehood?