RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION, INFRINGEMENT OF MUSLIM RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION: THE DISHEARTENING STATE OF A GOVERNMENT-OWNED INSTITUTION; FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE ABEOKUTA
1. We do like to start by citing a quote of the highly revered social rights activist; Martin...
A female Muslim student of the Online Distance Learning of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, had her niqab (veil) brutally pulled off from behind by an official of the institution on Wednesday, 17th November, 2021.
The incident...
The Lagos State Government had directed all schools in the state to allow the wearing of Hijab for female students willing to. The directive came about six months after the Supreme Court affirmed that banning the Hijab was an...
Some of our women take off the niqāb when they get divorced by their husbands or become widowed by destiny. This act, unfortunately, makes one wonder for whom their faces were veiled ab initio - Allāh (their Creator) or...
I probably do not fit into the preconceived notion of a “rebel”. I have no visible tattoos and minimal piercing. I do not possess a leather jacket. In fact, when most people look at me, their first thought usually...
The amīrah (Muslim prefect), her deputy (who doubled as the assistant headgirl of the school) and a concerned Muslim colleague of theirs paid the principal a rare visit to request the use of hijāb on their uniform. Rather than...
Hijab, or veil, takes the center stage whenever there is battle between truth and falsehood. It has always been a sensitive issue, but it recently received a great deal of attention due to legislation and proposed legislation in several...
If wearing niqāb (face veil) makes the wearer an extremist, like some sick Muslims say today, then, all the prophet's queens - Allāh's peace be upon them - would be the pioneer-extremists, and their husband - a Godsent messenger...
In a world that prides itself on progress and enlightenment, it is disheartening to witness the erosion of fundamental freedoms in the name of secularism. France's recent ban on the wearing of the Abaya in state schools is a...
Many of the resurgent pre-Islamic cultural practices that have tragically come to be associated with Islam, such as forced marriages, female genital mutilation, bridal (as opposed to groom-paid) dowries, honor killings and the criminalization of rape victims, only resurfaced...
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