A Muslim group, Muslim Rights
Concern (MURIC) has submitted its memorandum to the committee on Judiciary and
Justice of the House of Representatives charged with responsibility to
investigate the circumstances that surrounded the denial of a University of
Ilorin Law graduate, Miss Firdaus Amasa from being called to bar.
It was gathered that the
committee was on Wednesday 20th December, 2017 mandated to investigate the
matter which has generated a lot of controversy among Nigerians
The committee, it was learnt was
given two weeks for the assignment.
MURIC in its memorandum titled
“Memorandum in Respect of Call to Bar Case in the School of Law”, signed by its
Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola and addressed to the Chairman of the House
Committee on Judiciary and Justice, declared that Hijab was mandatory for
Muslim women in the Qur’an.
The group in the memorandum also restated the provisions of the
Nigerian constitution on freedom of religion and respect for the dignity of the
human person.
The memorandum also revealed
previous court decisions in favour of hijab, including a Court of Appeal
pronouncement confirming the right of Muslim women to use hijab.
MURIC then appealed to the House
to “Stand up for justice in this matter of infringement of Allah-given
fundamental right of a lady who, having satisfied all righteousness in the
Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, is being denied her right to practice the
law profession on account of her being a Muslim”.
The memorandum also stated that
the Law School Hijab crises had brought to the fore the myriad of persecution
faced by Muslim women because of hijab in various sectors.
“In the process, thousands of
Muslims have been denied international passports, driving licences and national
identity cards while millions have been disenfranchised during elections. It is
a case of mass profiling of Muslims.
“We therefore appeal to the House
of Representatives as the voice of the voiceless and the bulwark against
oppression and persecution, to take the bull by the horn by criminalizing the
obstruction, denial and stigmatisation of female Muslim women in hijab while
carrying out their civic responsibilities like obtaining international
passport, driving licence, voters’ registration card, etc”, it said.
MURIC then demanded as follows:
“Immediate ‘call to bar’ for
AbdulSalaam Firdaus Amasa.
“A judicial inquiry into the
circumstances surrounding the molestation of Muslim students who were forced to
remove their hijab on that fateful day.
“Identification and adequate
disciplinary measure (or measures) in respect of the Law School female lecturer
who stepped on the hijab of Firdaus and debased it by using her feet to rub it
on the floor and “kicked it around.
“A review of the code of dressing
in the Nigerian Law School as it affects the ‘manifestation’ of religious
beliefs.
“A review of the dress code in
all professions where uniforms are used such that female Muslims in such
professions can use suitable hijab along with the uniform”.
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