The Judicial Educational Council has been urges to tow a ‘line
of reasoning ‘ and applied wisdom in dealing with the controversial
denial of a University of Ilorin female Muslim law graduate, Amasa
Fridaus from being called to bar.
The National Council of Muslim Youth Organisations (NACOMYO) in
a statement on Wednesday, said the Hijab saga would have been
un-required and eschewed if the National Council of Legal Education
(and the Law School) which stopped her from appearing for the
mandatory ‘call to bar’ ceremony had respect the country ‘s
constitution on freedom of religion.
Apparently reacting to the incident which had attracted varied
comments and NACOMYO’s national president, Kamal’deen Akintunde
presumed that court verdicts in similar cases in Osun and Lagos
States in favour of use of ‘hijab’ wearing by students were ample
and tolerable.
“Amasa Fridaus should be given a ‘pat on the back’ for her
insistence as she is one of those young and courageous graduates
who by their now expertise, would want to test their ability and
the knowledge they have acquired,” it said.
NACOMYO observed that the Council of Legal Education’s action
amounted to perversion and rape on the Nigeria’s constitution,
regrettably by those who supposedly should know better and protect
it.
The group noted that the Legal Education Council’s behaviour had
become the practice elsewhere in specialised and uniformed
professions, thus constituting impediment to (female) Muslims who
so desire to adorn and adopt the ‘hijab’ as a dressing code.
The Judicial Educational Council has been urges to tow a ‘line
of reasoning ‘ and applied wisdom in dealing with the controversial
denial of a University of Ilorin female Muslim law graduate, Amasa
Fridaus from being called to bar.
The National Council of Muslim Youth Organisations (NACOMYO) in
a statement on Wednesday, said the Hijab saga would have been
un-required and eschewed if the National Council of Legal Education
(and the Law School) which stopped her from appearing for the
mandatory ‘call to bar’ ceremony had respect the country ‘s
constitution on freedom of religion.
Apparently reacting to the incident which had attracted varied
comments and NACOMYO’s national president, Kamal’deen Akintunde
presumed that court verdicts in similar cases in Osun and Lagos
States in favour of use of ‘hijab’ wearing by students were ample
and tolerable.
“Amasa Fridaus should be given a ‘pat on the back’ for her
insistence as she is one of those young and courageous graduates
who by their now expertise, would want to test their ability and
the knowledge they have acquired,” it said.
NACOMYO observed that the Council of Legal Education’s action
amounted to perversion and rape on the Nigeria’s constitution,
regrettably by those who supposedly should know better and protect
it.
The group noted that the Legal Education Council’s behaviour had
become the practice elsewhere in specialised and uniformed
professions, thus constituting impediment to (female) Muslims who
so desire to adorn and adopt the ‘hijab’ as a dressing code.