{"id":51372,"date":"2016-07-21T15:24:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T14:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=51372"},"modified":"2016-07-21T15:24:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T14:24:14","slug":"jubilation-court-appeal-grants-right-wear-hijab-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/jubilation-court-appeal-grants-right-wear-hijab-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Jubilation as Court of Appeal grants right to wear Hijab in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>There was wild jubilation at the premises of the Court of Appeal in Lagos\r\nState when the right to wear Hijab (Islamic headscarf) in public Primary\r\nand Secondary schools was granted on Thursday, July 21, 2016.\r\n\r\nAfter the judgement, Muslim males and females were seen praising God and\r\nexchanging pleasantries. Most of them were shouting 'Allahu Akbar',\r\n'Alihamdulilah'\u200e, meaning Allah is the greatest and all thanks is due to\r\nAllah respectively.\r\n\r\nWith the verdict, it means that Muslim students in Lagos State public\r\nschools have the right to wear Hijab on their school uniforms both within\r\nand outside their school premises without being punished or victimised.\r\nWhile delivering the verdict on Thursday, the justices set aside the\r\nverdict of the lower court (Lagos State High Court), which earlier\r\ndisallowed the use of Hijab.\r\n\r\nThe special panel of the Court of  Appeal set up to hear the case had\r\npreviously reserved its judgement on  Friday, May 27.\r\n\r\nDuring the panel hearing, the presiding justice, A.B. Gumel, also asked\r\nparties involved in the case to update their defence documents.\r\nOther Justices in the five-man panel set up by President of the Court of\r\nAppeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa are Justice M. Fasanmi, Justice A.\r\nJauro, Justice J.S.Ikejegh and Justice I. Jombo Ofor.\r\n\u200e\r\nThe case is between Asiyat Kareem (Minor) suing through Mr. AbdulKareem\r\nRaji; Mariam Oyeniyi through Mr. Sulaimon Oyeniyi; and  Muslim Students'\r\nSociety of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit (suing through its president,\r\nSaheed Ashafa), against Lagos State Government (LASG) and others, who were\r\nthe respondent.\r\n\r\nIt would be recalled that Justice Amina Augie of the Court of Appeal in\r\nLagos earlier affirmed that granting of the right to Muslim students to\r\nwear Hijab in Lagos State schools needed constitutional interpretation.\r\nJustice Augie while granting the right to hear a case on the Hijab matter\r\non May 3rd, asked the appellants to write the President of Appeal Court to\r\nset up a full court (of five justices) to hear the case.\r\n\r\nIn the case, the appellants want the judgement of the lower court to be\r\nreversed, while the defendant wants it to be upheld.\r\n\r\nResponding to the judgement, the President of Muslim Students' Society of\r\nNigeria in Lagos State, Saheed Ashafa, expressed delight over the\r\npronouncement by the court.\r\n\r\nWhile saying the right to wear Hijab was long overdue, Ashafa urged all\r\nparties to act in accordance with the judgement.\r\n\r\nHe said, \"This is victory for Islam! Victory to Muslims. The words of\r\nAllah have come to pass. We are glad that there are few judges whose\r\nneutrality has not be stained by sentiment.\r\n\r\n\"We wonder why we had to face so many challenges before our right is\r\ngranted. This recognition and truthful interpretation on freedom of\r\nreligion as enshrined in the Nigeria constitution (Section 36) and United\r\nNations Charter, will further strengthen public trust on the judiciary.\r\n\r\n\"Today will remain historic in the life of every Muslim in Lagos and\r\nNigeria as a whole. We will remain law abiding and appeal to all and\r\nsundry not to act in ways and manners that are contrary to the judgement.\r\n\r\n\"This should mark the end to harassment, embarrassment, victimisation,\r\ncheat and all acts of wickedness unleashed on Muslim female students who\r\nwear the Hijab.\"\r\n\r\nAlso, Amirah of MSSN in Lagos State, Hafsah Badru, described the Hijab as a\r\nreligious garment, which should be put on at all times.\r\n\r\n\"Justice can never prevail over injustice, truth will always prevail over\r\nfalsehood; the commands of Allah are supreme over all man made laws. Allah\r\nis the Greatest. We have not asked anyone not to observe their religious\r\nright in respect to legality, we have only asked that ours should not be\r\ntampered upon, and as Allah wants it, we have the right granted,\" she\r\nsaid.\r\n\r\nShe, subsequently, appreciated all Muslims and Islamic organisations who\r\nsupported the Muslim students to get their right to wear the Hijab on\r\nschool uniform granted.\r\n<\/pre>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was wild jubilation at the premises of the Court of Appeal in Lagos State when the right to wear Hijab (Islamic headscarf) in public Primary and Secondary schools was&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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