By Haroon Balogun
Prominent Women Organisations within and outside Lagos State, have moved against discrimination and molestation of women in Islamic flowing head cover, Hijab.
The Organisations led by Al-Mu’minaat (The Believing Women) made this known during a rally held to commemorate the 2018 World Hijab Day, WHD at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, at the weekend.
Al-Muminaat Lagos State Amirah Hajia Khadijah AbdusSalam said Nigeria as a nation must be fair on matters affecting Muslim women who chose to appear in Hijab as the organisation will continue to engage relevant stakeholders to ensure that the right of every Muslim woman in hijab is actualised. She said there should be no discrimination against Muslim women based on their appearance as she enjoined employers of labour to carry out employment based on competence and intelligence,adding that the programme with…
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