كينيا: حظر الحجاب يثير غضب المسلمين بالبلاد

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أعرب مجلس الأئمة والوعاظ المسلمين في "كينيا" عن استنكاره الشديد للحكم الصادر عن أحد قضاة "نيروبي" الذي يمنع الطالبات المسلمات بإحدى المدارس الثانوية من ارتداء الحجاب؛ حيث اعتبر المجلس الإسلامي ذلك يتساوى مع انتهاك حقوق المسلمين الدينية.

فقد قامت "أنيسة باشير" -والدة إحدى الطالبات- برفع قضية ضد المدرسة الثانوية نيابة عن ابنتها و48 فتاة لتمكينهن من ارتداء الحجاب، وبالرغم من إصدار وزير التعليم أمرًا لجميع مديري المدارس بضرورة السماح للمسلمات بارتداء الحجاب، إلا إنه لم ينفذ.

وقد أكد الشيخ "مختار ختامي" أن حكم القاضي يمثل قانون الغاب ولا يمثل الدستور، بينما أكد المفتي الشيخ "أحمد مسلم" أن منع المسلمات من الحجاب يساوي إجبار المسلمات على ارتكاب معصية. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Kenya: Ban On Hijab Angers Mombasa Muslims

Muslims in Mombasa have reacted angrily to the banning of hijabs at a secondary school in Nairobi by a judge.

The Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya and Supkem yesterday said banning the hijab "is tantamount to violating the rights of the Kenya High School's Muslim students".

Hijab, a headgear traditionally worn by Muslim women to preserve their modesty, covers the head, neck and ears and only leaves the face exposed.

Anisa Bashir, a parent, filed a case in court on behalf of her daughter and the 48 Muslim students at the school seeking to have Muslim girls be allowed to wear the hijab.

Kenya High is a girls' public national school in Nairobi's Kileleshwa area. It has been on the news several times over the controversy surrounding the hijab.

The school has strongly argued against allowing the girls to wear the hijab, saying it is against the principle of promoting school uniform for equality.

The Education ministry in January wrote a letter to all heads of public schools saying Muslim students should be allowed to wear the hijab.

"Hijab is an Islamic garment and the constitution allows people to practise their own religions. The judge has wronged all Muslims in making the decision," said CIPK organizing secretary Sheikh Mohamed Khalifa.

Supkem Coast chair Sheikh Muhdhar Khitamy said the decision to ban the hijab at Kenya High smacks of jungle law instead of the constitution.

"We can't afford to have our courts operate like this. We don't have any hope as Muslims in this country with regards to the constitution if decisions like this will continue to be made," said Shekih Khitamy.

Sheikh Ahmed Musallam, a Mufti (scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law), said banning the hijab is like forcing people to commit sin.

"It is against the Islamic religion. All holy books have placed the hijab on women. Any woman not wearing the hijab is against her religion," said Sheikh Musallam.