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Thursday 30 Apr 2015 - 16:25 Makkah mean time-11-7-1436
Hijab ban in Kyrgyz schools (IRNA photo)
Bishkek (IINA) – A decision by a Kyrgyz region to ban hijab in schools has sparked concerns among Muslims, amid reports that the ban may be applied across the country this coming fall, OnIslam website reported.
“This question was raised a year ago, and the authorities ruled that hijabs should be allowed. Now the schools started discussing this topic again," Aibek Ashirbayev, whose daughter attends a public school in Otuz Adir village in Kara-Suu region, told local News Agency 24.k on Monday.
"It worries me and many others. We live in a country where 80 percent of the citizens are Muslims, so why not let Muslim girls wear hijabs,” he wondered.
Ashirbayev was voicing Muslims' worries after a Kara-Suu school has officially banned wearing the Islamic headscarf in classes.
Imposing the ban, Aizhamal Kalenova, head of the Education Department in Kara-Suu region, said: “As of the new academic year 2015/2016 all schoolchildren across Kyrgyzstan will be wearing the same uniform, and we should be preparing the children for this process already.”
Kalanova claims that the ban came in response to complaints by dozens of parents against donning hijab in schools.
“Because the influence of the religious population in our region is quite high, until now this problem hasn’t been raised, but we were asked to not allow girls attend school in hijabs anymore,” he noted.
According to a statement released by Kyrgyzstan’s Education and Science Ministry, the school uniform program is being implemented to prevent discrimination of underprivileged students by those from the rich families.
Kalenova asserted that the specifications of the school uniform have been well established, and children should be prepared for the process.
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