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| Jamaat leader protests edn ministry order |
| 2010-08-28 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday demanded immediate withdrawal of the education ministry's circular, which came in line with a High Court order, directing all educational institutions not to force female students to wear borkha (veil) at the institutions. In a statement, ATM Azharul Islam, acting secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, said the education ministry hurts religious sentiments and feelings of the country people by issuing the circular, which goes against the principle of the holy Quran and Sunnah. On August 22, the HC issued a suo moto order directing the government to ensure that no woman is forced to wear veil or religious attire at the educational institutions and offices across the country. Following the HC order, the education ministry in a circular on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned of all educational institutions not to force female students to wear veil or religious attire at the institutions. In yesterday's statement, Jamaat said the education ministry virtually took its stand against the holy Quran by issuing the circular, as wearing hijab (veil) has been made mandatory for women in the holy Quran. After the issuance of the circular, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told The Daily Star they have taken the decision following the directive of the High Court. Now, no one would be forced to wear veil or religious attire as everyone has his or her own personal freedom, he said. The statement reads that every educational institution has some specific rules and it is mandatory to wear special dress in some institutions. Wearing a decent dress as per Islamic ideology is mandatory in religious educational institutions, it said, adding that wearing hijab is a religious right of Muslim women. "Resisting this right is apparently an interference to religious right," Azharul Islam said in the statement. The education ministry's circular interfered with the religious rights of Muslim female students, the statement added. |
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