naptu2:

The High Court of Lagos State has affirmed their right to wear hijab in school (see the case I previously cited).

jadakiss213: i dint see the case u cited tho.but truth is no right is absolute.for instance,right to freedom of association is expressly enshrined in the constitution but to belong to a 'secret cult' is illegal in our laws.if every right was absolute,u cld as well publicly marry as as gays(u risk 14 yrs),walk naked or even smoke weed openly on the streets.

[size=14pt]'Stop Ban On Religious Attires in Schools'.[/size]

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire | November 17, 2004

(From P.M. News (Nigeria) - AAGM)

An Ikeja High Court has ordered the Lagos State Government not to ban the wearing of hijab by female Muslim students of the Lagos State School of Health Technology. Hijab is a piece of cloth female Muslim faithful use to cover their heads down to the shoulders.

Also restrained over the said act are the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Attorney General of the State, and Director Lagos State School of Health Technology, Dr. E.K.O. John.

Four female students of the school, Fatimo Abidemi Razak, Titilayo Sanni, Idiatu Asabi Ayinde, and Sunbo Bada, dragged the school and other restrained personnel to court …

[size=14pt]Nigerian Muslims Welcome Court Ruling on Hijab[/size]

By Khedr Abdel Baki, IOL Correspondent
ABUJA, November 20
(IslamOnline.net)

Nigerian Muslims hailed a court ruling against a decision by the Lagos state government banning hijab in state schools under claims of inciting sectarian division in the country.

The verdict deals a serious blow to continued attempts to ban hijab in Nigeria, especially in southern areas, Abdul Wahab Baba Nafae, a Muslim activist, told IslamOnline.net Saturday, November 20.

“Some fanatic Christians have been resorting to such attempts [to ban hijab] after failing to contain the growing Islamic tide in Nigeria,” he said.

“They should abandon their provocative schemes and respect the rule of law. We are only exercising our constitutional rights."

The activist recalled that similar legal actions has been taken in several Nigerian states to ban hijab in public schools.

Baseless Claim

[b]The Lagos High Court ruled on Thursday, November 18, that no party or person can force Muslim girls to take off their hijab which, it maintained, is part and parcel of personal freedoms.

In October, the Lagos National Institute of Health and Technology banned Muslim students from entering classrooms, a decision backed by the state government.

Students Fatimo Abidemi Razak, Titilayo Sanni, Idiatu Asabi Ayinde and Sunbo Bada challenged the decision with the high court, asking that the ban be declared illegal and a breach of their rights.

Judge Olubunmi Oyewole of the High Court ruled that the ban was a breach of articles 38 and 42 of the Nigerian constitution.

He further said the institution failed to prove how hijab could spark a religious conflict.

The judge underscored that the institute, a public school funded by tax payers and owned by the Lagos state government, cannot operate outside the provisions of Constitution.

Refuting arguments that the students ought to abide by the institute’s regulations expressed in their admission letters, Oyewole said they did not waive their rights to their religious beliefs and practice merely because they accepted the admission letters.[/b]

According to official statistics, 55% of Nigerians are Muslims while 40% are Christians.

However, other estimates indicated that Muslims make up some 65 percent of the country’s 133 million population.

Twelve of Nigeria’s 36 states have gradually applied the provisions of Shari'ah since the return of democracy to the country in 1999, despite the fierce opposition from the federal government.

Hijab

Islam sees hijab as an obligatory code of dress, not a religious symbol displaying one’s affiliations.

The issue of wearing hijab caught world attention after France adopted a controversial law banning hijab in public schools, which came into effect in September.

The decision, branded as “discriminatory” by the Human Rights Watch (HRW), left many Muslim school girls tormented between religious obligation and education needs.

In October, Cennet Doganay, 15, took off her hijab as she was entering the Louis Pasteur Lycee high school in Strasbourg, eastern France, only to reveal a bald head.

naptu2:

In the constitution, where a right is given, the limitations to that right are also provided. For example, where the right to freedom of association is given, the limitation with regards to secret societies, etc are also spelled out. Ditto for freedom of movement and prison sentences.

I'll try and repost the case.

YoungSalute: Living in bondage .. You called it peace ? Well, for your information muslim people...
God has plan to destroy you people very soon. I mean soon. Always creating problems and using some laws to back it. The Saudi you copy take things cool, islam started there. Imagine, secondary school students' asking government to sack someone old to be their grandmother at home.

abdulkayus: d muslims girls hav d right to wear their hijabs anywhere dey are. So u ppl xpect dem to be openin their heads like u ppl abi.
Hypocrites.

Movingcoil: how are u sure itz not harming others, how many times do they wash dat thing in a week?

jadakiss213: how wld it look like if every student decides to put on a symbol of his/her religion to school its a school for God's sakes.theres a dress code for evry school.in secondary schools,they are suppossed to put on UNIFORMS..

Chynx:

My dear, we simply dont want our kids to be marooned (by way of imitation) into a religion that knows NO PEACE! There is hardly any muslim country or settlement that isnt always fighting for one reason or the other. U guys are rich enof to build schools for ur hajibs as well. Thank you.

abdulkayus: d muslims girls hav d right to wear their hijabs anywhere dey are. So u ppl xpect dem to be openin their heads like u ppl abi.
Hypocrites.

jadakiss213: how wld it look like if every student decides to put on a symbol of his/her religion to school its a school for God's sakes.theres a dress code for evry school.in secondary schools,they are suppossed to put on UNIFORMS..

naptu2: I pray pyguru doesn't ban me.

Section 10 of the constitution of Nigeria 1999 prevents the government from declaring a state religion. But it doesn't make Nigeria a secular state (that notion is gotten from the american constitution).

As the supreme court justice said, "Nigeria is a multi-religious state, not a secular state".

2) Section 38 (fundamental rights) gives citizens the right "to manifest and propagate his religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance." The girls are manifestly observing their religion by wearing the hijab.

3) Section 42 prevents discrimination on the grounds of sex, religion, etc. You cannot allow some people to observe their religious injunctions and prevent others (subject to natural justice of course).

Although all we are doing is academic because Justice Joseph Olubunmi Oyewole has ruled and that's the law today.

kehinde1588: See dis xtians o! We muslims follow wat islam teach us and we practice it wherever we are. How can a girl b beaten 4 practising her religion.hoooo wat a wicked soul! Am proud 2 b a muslim cos we make d world kwn dat we dnt tolerate nonsense. We speak out and nt like u pple dat kip silent waitin 4 jesus to speak on ur behave. Bounch of illuminalties calling dem selves..... We are muslims and nt terrorist.

Saladin1: [color=#000099][/color]
Yes because our identity as muslim is been denied. Hijab is not a fashion statement but a religious duty of female muslim. Christians in this country should learn to accept us for who we are rather than enforcing their values and dress code on us.

naptu2: Some relevant sections of the constitution (I have explained these earlier)

10. The Government of the Federation or of a State shall not adopt any religion as State Religion.


38. (1) Every person shall be entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom (either alone or in community with others, and in public or in private) to manifest and propagate his religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance.

(2) No person attending any place of education shall be required to receive religious instruction or to take part in or attend any religious ceremony or observance if such instruction ceremony or observance relates to a religion other than his own, or religion not approved by his parent or guardian.

(3) No religious community or denomination shall be prevented from providing religious instruction for pupils of that community or denomination in any place of education maintained wholly by that community or denomination.

(4) Nothing in this section shall entitle any person to form, take part in the activity or be a member of a secret society.


42. (1) A citizen of Nigeria of a particular community, ethnic group, place of origin, sex, religion or political opinion shall not, by reason only that he is such a person:-

(a) be subjected either expressly by, or in the practical application of, any law in force in Nigeria or any executive or administrative action of the government, to disabilities or restrictions to which citizens of Nigeria of other communities, ethnic groups, places of origin, sex, religions or political opinions are not made subject; or

(b) be accorded either expressly by, or in the practical application of, any law in force in Nigeria or any such executive or administrative action, any privilege or advantage that is not accorded to citizens of Nigeria of other communities, ethnic groups, places of origin, sex, religions or political opinions.

(2) No citizen of Nigeria shall be subjected to any disability or deprivation merely by reason of the circumstances of his birth.

(3) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall invalidate any law by reason only that the law imposes restrictions with respect to the appointment of any person to any office under the State or as a member of the armed forces of the Federation or member of the Nigeria Police Forces or to an office in the service of a body, corporate established directly by any law in force in Nigeria.

http://www.nigeria-law.org/ConstitutionOfTheFederalRepublicOfNigeria.htm

buJu-234:
why is islam always in the news either 4 fight; war or protest. whyyy

teniyi: Can you imagine how people are reacting? What offence has the Hijab got
against the school or the fellow student?

Now these same hypocrites have being crying for the trouble relating to chastity in their family, and also saying they don't want hijab. Nowhere to run to. Be a muslim and be saved or get destroyed in Hell fire.

One of your Holiest of holies just resigned, only God knows the secrete of what he committed.

seunajia: You see, I have always stated that the ability to string words together to make sentences is not a sign of education or intelligence.

Some posters on this thread are HIGHLY unintelligent, while some others are malicious.

A guy took the pain to post the Nigerian constitution and several court judgments(interpretations) in favor of the muslimah's right to an Hijab, yet okija juju and the rest still wouldn't listen.

The Hijab is not an express symbol of purity just as being a catholic priest/pastor is not an express symbol of celibacy/sainthood. Intelligent folks understand all these.

I am not shocked by most of the comments here though, because I am aware the average NL christian is a bigot and is intolerant. We know their exploits here. Moreover, this thread is a perfect example.

Some of you folks are worse than boko haram. You just need blood hungry leaders like the bh boys have to lead you, since your cowardice will not allow you to express these ungodly sentiments you write here in real life.
In plain terms: The Hijab is a constitutional right of a muslim girl and there is ABSOLUTELY nothing you all can do about that! Except to write a new constitution

kandiikane:

Please, as a native doctor, I need your help. I want to find out who is behind all my badluck. No joking matter.

dederocs:
we are used to the babaric nature of muslims,even if una start to dey throw bombs,its nothing new-but i assure you,you all will bear most casualties,and will regret.Eko'oni baje.

kehinde1588: See dis xtians o! We muslims follow wat islam teach us and we practice it wherever we are. How can a girl b beaten 4 practising her religion.hoooo wat a wicked soul! Am proud 2 b a muslim cos we make d world kwn dat we dnt tolerate nonsense. We speak out and nt like u pple dat kip silent waitin 4 jesus to speak on ur behave. Bounch of illuminalties calling dem selves..... We are muslims and nt terrorist.