{"id":2220,"date":"2016-01-11T16:59:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T16:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2220-muslim-figure-cautions-nigerian-government-against-banning-hijab\/"},"modified":"2016-01-11T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T16:59:59","slug":"muslim-figure-cautions-nigerian-government-against-banning-hijab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2220-muslim-figure-cautions-nigerian-government-against-banning-hijab\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim figure cautions Nigerian government against banning Hijab"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 15.808px;\">Muslims Students Society of Nigeria cautioned the federal government against banning use of Hijab by Muslim women<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">The Board of Trustees of the Muslims Students Society of Nigeria cautioned the federal government against banning use of Hijab by Muslim women in any part of the country. Members of the board condemned calls by some people for the banning of hijab which they described as part of dress of Muslim women. They also condemned insinuations that the use of hijab was aiding suicide bombings in the Boko Haram infested north-eastern parts of the country, maintaining that wearing of hijab was a divine commandment from Allah. Member of the Board called on the federal government to install screening machines at public places to limit bombings and other security threats.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslims Students Society of Nigeria cautioned the federal government against banning use of Hijab by Muslim women \u00a0 The Board of Trustees of the Muslims Students Society of Nigeria cautioned the federal government against banning use of Hijab by Muslim women in any part of the country. 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