Members
of the Conference of Islamic Organisations, CIO, have demanded from Ambode to
allow Muslim girls wear hijab to schools.
But
when members of the CIO paid a courtesy visit on the Lagos Commissioner for
Home Affairs, Dr. Abdullateef Abdulkareem on Tuesday in his office at the
Government Secretariat, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria they pleaded for a
reserve of the order.
The
Coordinator, CIO, Alhaji Abdullahi
Shuaib said when hijab was outlawed in Lagos school; the freedom of the female
Muslims was breached, saying that it was as if government was at war with the
Muslim community.
“This
issue is very critical and the Lagos State Government should look at it
critically. Muslims have ways of life which cannot be taken away from them,
which is to use hijab,” he said, adding that even in advanced countries,
Muslims were not restricted from using hijab.
He
appealed to the commissioner to prevail on the governor to allow Muslim girls
wear hijab to school.
Shuaib
also called for Public Faith Participation (PFP) in the running of government
by engaging Imams to help drive home government policy to the people using the
pulpit, saying that the Imams were closer to the people and well placed to
inform the people about the policies of government.
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