₦airaland Forum

Supreme Court overrules Lagos on hijab ban in schools

The Supreme Court has overruled Lagos State on its restriction of the use of head covering (hijab) by female Muslim students of public schools in the State.

In a split decision of five to two on Friday, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court affirmed the July 21, 2016 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, which set aside the October 17, 2014 judgment by Justice Grace Onyeabo of the High Court of Lagos State, which upheld the hiab restriction

https://thenationonlineng.net/breaking-supreme-court-overrules-lagos-on-hijab-ban-in-schools/

With this ruling, muslim female students can use Hijab at any school in Nigeria

Lalasticlala

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Hijab wearing should be for Muslim school’s only

The inferiority complex of Muslims really amazes me

Does it mean they would die if they don't attend missionary faith school

Tomorrow they would say Muslim/Muslim ticket don't matter when every decision that is taken is from religious lens

Changam

This is the type of useless judgement that will always come from supreme court. The judgement that will bring peace and progress won't be delivered. Why do you want to be wearing hijab in Christian Schools. And same cannot be tolerated in Muslim school.

Odingo1:
Hijab wearing should be for Muslim school’s only

Did they enforce it on non-muslims before?

As it should

Because if they ban hijab today tomorrow it might be Christian apparel they would ban. Based on the assumption that schools must be secular.

Secularism is great but it can be used against Christianity too. Ask American Christians

At the end, hijab must be voluntary not by force.

Lukgaf:
Did they enforce it on non-muslims before?

Abdulrahman your Muslim brothers they allowed to wear hijab in ilorin are now forcing government to change the name of the schools accommodating them

We know una Taqiya

Alhamdulillah