The federal high court in Ikeja has adjourn the hearing of Hijab which is a case btw Muslim student and Lagos state Govt till July 10, 2013.Likewise the state govt has seek for out of court settlment,However, Alhaji Qasim Badrudeen, the Amir, MSSN Lagos State Area Unit reacting to the court adjournment said 'We'll Not Relent Until Victory is Achieved'

The Lagos State Government is seeking an out of court settlement in the suit filed against it by the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) Lagos State Area Unit over the victimization of Muslim girls wearing Hijab in state public schools.

When the case came up for first hearing before Justice J.O.K Oyewole of the Lagos High Court Ikeja today, counsel to the state government, S.A Ajanaku, said no defense had been filed in the case, but added that steps had already been initiated towards settlement of the matter.

He pleaded with the judge to allow the government more time to consummate the steps already initiated.

However, counsel to the MSSN Lagos State Area Unit Barrister Hassan .A. Fajimite, who led other nine lawyers to the court, expressed surprise at the request of the state counsel, saying that they were not aware or informed of any move by the state government to settle the case. He nevertheless obliged to the option.

Justice Oyewole thereafter asked the parties to meet and work out terms of the settlement and report back to the court on July 10, 2013.

Meanwhile, members of the MSSN and other Islamic organizations, who thronged the court premises for the case, later embarked on a peaceful protest to Ikeja under-bridge and back to the old secretariat mosque beside the high court.

They carried placards with inscriptions like ‘Hijab is our right,’ ‘Why must Lagos State Government compete with God?’ ‘Hijab our pride,’ ‘Nudity is not our way,’ and others.

Addressing the people, the Amir Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) Lagos State Area Unit, Alhaji Qasim Badrudeen, urged all Muslims in the state to remain calm and peaceful throughout the period the hearing of the case would last.

He also thanked all Islamic organizations that came to solidarise with the MSSN on the Hijab issue promising that the society would not relent until victory is achieved.

It would be recalled that the MSSN Lagos State Area Unit had taken the state government to court over persistent victimization of Muslim girls using Hijab by some secondary school principals in the state.

One of them Aisha Alabi of Kadara Junior Grammar School, Ebute Metta was given 43 strokes of the cane by her principal, Mrs. E.C Ukpaka for wearing Hijab in the school premises.

Bareera Tajudeen of Mafoluku Senior Grammar School, Oshodi was also harassed by her principal, Mrs. Elizabeth Omidele who removed her Hijab and stepped on it outside the school premises.

Signed:
Sulaimon Alamutu
PRO, MSSN, Lagos State Area Unit

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I wonder why we debate the RIGHTS of muslims
Nobody discusses the rights of others to dress the way they want, act the way they like etc
Some Idol worshippers impose curfew, restricting movements of people, it is okay
Some people gather to worship, causing inconvenience to travellers and people going home, it is okay
Indeed the FG is planning to build a flyover to ease traffic congestion as a result of that
Undergraduates can appear in class in dresses that lecturers are uncomfortable with, it is okay

Muslims want to obey Allah in a manner that hurts anyone apart from those consumed by hatred/envy and we have to go to court!

BetaThings: ...
Some Idol worshippers impose curfew, restricting movements of people, it is okay
Some people gather to worship, causing inconvenience to travellers and people going home, it is okay
Indeed the FG is planning to build a flyover to ease traffic congestion as a result of that
...

Well said BetaThings.

Btw, welcome back, It's almost a month you were last seen. I tried to PM you but can't due to the new 'follow follow' thinggy. Hope you are good? salam

siddiq202:
Well said BetaThings.

Btw, welcome back, It's almost a month you were last seen. I tried to PM you but can't due to the new 'follow follow' thinggy. Hope you are good? salam

Wa alaykum salaam warahmatu Llah
I am sorry for being AWOL. I had some pressing matters to concentrate upon.
Actually saw the notification in my mail box but did not know how to respond
Thanks. May Allah remember you too

^Ameen

Can you people give the meaning of uniform. When the ogboni, aladura, eri woya people are allow to wear what they like to school can you call that uniform. Serving God is in the mind not outwardly or else havnt you seein muslim lady with hijab on blocking.

Can you people give the meaning of uniform. When the ogboni, aladura, eri woya people are allow to wear what they like to school can you call that uniform. Serving God is in the mind not outwardly or else havnt you seein muslim lady with hijab on blocking. So please let us stop causing confusion among people by our religeous demand.

Omexonomy: Can you people give the meaning of uniform. When the ogboni, aladura, eri woya people are allow to wear what they like to school can you call that uniform. Serving God is in the mind not outwardly or else havnt you seein muslim lady with hijab on blocking.

So why do your priests wear the cassock? And your nuns in the covent? If you don't want to serve your God outwardly, should that not be your own choice? And if we want to make a show of it, should we not be free to?
And have you abrogated the biblical injunction on judging? Don't you fear that your hatred of Islam might make you disobey the command of your Lord?

BTW the uniform is a human creation. It can be amended. You remember that Zik, Shagari etc assumed office on Oct 1st
Obj, Jonathan took office on May 29. These man-made things are flexible!
The hijab is a divine command!!