HIJAB: When A Christian Governor Defends Islam In the end, the stand and arguments of the Lagos and Osun state governments become untenable when Dr Kayode Fayemi, a Christian governor in the neighbouring Christian- majority Ekiti State, permitted the use of the hijab; and in addition to doing so, expressly prohibits any kind of discrimination against female Muslim students who use it in the state’s public schools, thereby turning the discrimination argument on its head. In other words, it is in fact female Muslim students who are being discriminated against; because while others are free to dress as their religion enjoins, or at least in a way that is not offensive to its dictates, Muslims are not. Malam Adamu Adamu, Most Read Friday Columnist, Daily Trust Newspaper
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 05:35:22 +0000