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| First the hijab, then other things, if it is not stopped there. |
[KavkazUzel] Deputies of the Parliament of Ingushetia have supported the idea of amendments to the federal law "On Education", which would prohibit educational institutions from restricting the right of students to wear clothes in accordance with their religion. The bill was proposed against the backdrop of a resonant expulsion of natives of Dagestan and Chechnya from a college in Novocherkassk.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on January 11, five students - natives of Dagestan and Chechnya - were expelled from the medical college in Novocherkassk for wearing hijabs. The girls complained to the prosecutor and the Ombudsman, and Ramzan Kadyrov stood up for the students.
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The college authorities said that students can return to their studies if they refuse to wear clothes with religious attributes. On February 18, it became known that three students from Dagestan were restored to college, having reached a compromise with its leadership, and two students from Chechnya did not want to continue their studies there. The situation was resolved without trial, with the publicity of the incident playing a decisive role, the lawyers said.
Educational institutions have the right to designate uniforms for students, lawyer Timofei Shirokov told the "Caucasian Knot" in January. If we are not talking about compulsory secondary education (and the medical college provides special education), then in such cases it is "very difficult" to challenge the administration's decision, he said.
The participants in the meeting in the Parliament of Ingushetia unanimously supported the initiative to submit to the State Duma a bill that would secure the right of students in educational institutions to wear clothes that take into account the traditions of their people and religion, Interfax-South reports today with reference to the press service of the National Assembly.
"A draft federal law "On Amendments to Article 38 of the Federal Law" On Education in the Russian Federation" was considered, presented by Vice Speaker, Chairman of the Committee on Education, Culture and Information Policy Aza Khashiyeva," the agency cites a message from the Parliament of Ingushetia.
Organizations carrying out educational activities have the right to establish requirements for students' clothing, including requirements for its general appearance, color, style, types of clothing, insignia, and the rules for wearing it. The relevant local regulatory act of an organization carrying out educational activities is adopted taking into account the opinion of the student council and the council of parents, it is said in Article 38 "Clothes of students. Uniforms and other clothing property (uniforms) of students" of Federal Law No. 273-FZ "On Education in the Russian Federation."
The deputies proposed to consolidate at the legislative level that when developing requirements for the uniform of students, state bodies and organizations must necessarily take into account the constitutional rights of students to wear clothes, taking into account their folk traditions and religion, "without leaving this issue to the discretion of educational organizations," the publication says. telegram channel of the People's Assembly of Ingushetia. Parliamentarians adopted a corresponding resolution, the report says.
The federal law on education does not contain a direct ban on the dress code, which creates conditions for manipulation of rights of citizens, Musa Pliev, managing partner of the law firm Pliev, Lepshakov and Partners, told the "Caucasian Knot" in 2021.
"It says that the requirements for clothing, color, style, general appearance are independently established by the educational organization. The law refers to them, as you wish, and establish. If it were in the Federal Law, this would be a direct violation of the Constitution, since there is a constitutional norm (Article 28 of the Constitution), in addition, there is the norm 125-FZ "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations", which says that in the Russian Federation freedom of conscience and religion is guaranteed. [...] Therefore, if the law "On Education" introduced a ban, it would be contrary to constitutional guarantees. They did it in a cunning way, they left the issue to the discretion of the educational institution," the lawyer said.
Recall that in September 2022, students of the Astrakhan Medical University complained that they were forbidden to attend classes in hijabs. According to the girls, at the entrance to the university building they were forced to take off their hijabs, threatening to take away their student cards. They began to wear white scarves, but this did not suit the leadership. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, then instructed the chairman of the Chechen parliament, Magomed Daudov, to take the issue under his personal control.
A year earlier, in September 2021, a video showed how the deputy director of a rural school in Dagestan examines students at the metal detector frame and lets only those girls who come in headscarves into classes. The actions of the teacher aroused the indignation of the parents of the students, but the officials of the Ministry of Education of Dagestan explained that even if the headscarf is part of the school uniform, its absence cannot be grounds for suspension from classes. The actions of the head teacher and the district administration considered unacceptable .
In some schools in Dagestan, the rights of girls are violated by the requirement to wear a headscarf, while in others, on the contrary, it is forbidden to wear a hijab, journalist Svetlana Anokhina and blogger Maryam Alieva pointed out. The ban on wearing a headscarf as a religious attribute also violates freedom of religion, lawyers noted.
It should be noted that in Chechnya, for several years now, they have not been able to decide on the prescriptions for a woman's appearance - some instructions on appearance replace others, but strict coercion to comply with them remains unchanged. The "Caucasian Knot" analyzed how the views of Kadyrov and his team on the dress code for women in Chechnya are changing in the article: "Covering the head, but not the face: women's dress code in Chechnya."
In November 2020, the Mufti of Chechnya, Salakh Mezhiev, and the head of the Grozny police department, Aslan Iraskhanov, held an "educational conversation" with girls who wore a niqab (a female headdress covering the face with a hole for the eyes). Mezhiev demanded from the girls not to confuse the prescriptions of Islam with the traditions of the peoples of the Middle East, where niqabs are worn.
"Hiding your face, as you have now, is the tradition of certain peoples. Sharia does not provide for this. [...] Hijab is obligatory, but the face and hands must be left open," said the Mufti of Chechnya.
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