- Aisha Zubair, another Muslim law graduate, has come forward to allege victimisation by officials of the Nigerian Law School, because she wore a hijab to the last call-to-bar exercise
- She alleged that her certificate had been seized from her because she had put her hijab back on just before heading to the stage, after being told to take it off before gaining entrance into the arena
- Her certificate was eventually given back to her, with a stern warning, after she pleaded profusely
Another Muslim law graduate, Aisha Zubair, has now come forward to allege victimisation by officials of the Council of Legal Education and the Law School, because of her hijab, during the last call-to-bar exercise, Premium Times reports.
Her complaint comes following the controversy generated over the refusal to call-to-bar, another Muslim graduate, Amasa Firdaus, for her refusal to take off her hijab.
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NAIJ.com gathers that Zubair alleged that she was forced to take off her hijab, despite her pleas.
She made her complaints via the Muslim Rights Council (MURIC).
According to MURIC, Zubair stated: “I was called to the Nigerian Bar on the 12th day of December, 2017 in the morning. Some other sisters and I were on the queue together to enter the hall.
“At the entrance, the law school lecturer there demanded for our hijab. She asked that we remove both the hijab and the cap and give it to her. She demanded same of those wearing ordinary cap too.
“We begged to go and remove it properly in the toilet, and she obliged. We were allowed to enter only when we had removed everything from our heads.
“When I went to my seat, I donned the hijab back on, but I was approached about twice to remove the hijab, as other sisters were approached too.
”When the programme started, I put it back on, tucked it into the collarrete and placed the wig on it.
“When it was my turn to be called to the stage, I approached the stage with the hijab on, took a bow like everyone else but did not shake the hands of the bencher there. I was given my certificate like everyone else and I proceeded to my seat.
“When I got to my seat, a law school lecturer was waiting there and she started shouting at me and hurling insults at me for daring to wear the hijab in the hall, saying I wanted to disgrace them.
“She demanded I remove the hijab and throw it on the floor, which I did, then she started to rub the hijab on the floor. Then she kicked it around several times before asking a guard to guard the hijab and not allow me retrieve it.
“Then she came back with another lecturer to seize the certificate I had just collected from me, saying it was order from above for doing what I did. I begged but they didn’t listen.
“After the ceremony, I went to them and after so much pleas, I was given back the certificate with a stern warning.”
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that a top Muslim body, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), threatened legal action against the Nigerian law School for refusing to call one of its students, Firdaus Amosa, to bar.
NSCIA also threatened a nationwide protest should the Nigerian Law School fail to do the needful by calling Amosa to bar.
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Source: Naija.ng