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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Christians in Kwara State, on Wednesday rejected the government\u2019s decision to reopen schools which were previously shut down over hijab crisis.<\/p>\n

Recall that the state government on Tuesday night ordered the reopening of the affected schools, stating that its decision to permit willing Muslim schoolgirls to wear their hijab in public schools \u201cwill lead to sustainable peace and communal harmony anchored on mutual respect and understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

The governor, in a statement which was issued by the state Ministry of Education, cited other states with similar cases where willing students are allowed to use their hijabs.<\/p>\n

However, some students and teachers who resumed for classes on Wednesday following the governor\u2019s order, were reportedly denied entrance into the school premises.<\/p>\n

It was also gathered that some Christian teachers and management staff were seen displaying placards in protest to express their displeasure over the government\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

About ten schools owned by different Church denominations had rejected the use of hijab in their various schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Christians in Kwara State, on Wednesday rejected the government\u2019s decision to reopen schools which were previously shut down over hijab crisis. Recall that the state government on Tuesday night ordered the reopening of the affected schools, stating that its decision to permit willing Muslim schoolgirls to wear their hijab in public schools […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":39278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30,28,26],"tags":[1570,2140,1578,2146,3092,1205,254],"class_list":["post-39279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-breaking","tag-christians","tag-hijab","tag-kwara","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nKwara hijab controversy: Christians reject school reopening order - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Christians in Kwara State, on Wednesday rejected the government\u2019s decision to reopen schools which were previously shut ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-hijab-controversy-christians-reject-school-reopening-order\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kwara hijab controversy: Christians reject school reopening order\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Christians in Kwara State, on Wednesday rejected the government\u2019s decision to reopen schools which were previously shut ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-hijab-controversy-christians-reject-school-reopening-order\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-17T19:29:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/img-60523c36036e1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1090\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-hijab-controversy-christians-reject-school-reopening-order#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-hijab-controversy-christians-reject-school-reopening-order\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kwara hijab controversy: Christians reject school reopening order\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-17T19:29:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-hijab-controversy-christians-reject-school-reopening-order\"},\"wordCount\":175,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-hijab-controversy-christians-reject-school-reopening-order#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/img-60523c36036e1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"breaking\",\"christians\",\"hijab\",\"Kwara\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-hijab-controversy-christians-reject-school-reopening-order#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-hijab-controversy-christians-reject-school-reopening-order\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-hijab-controversy-christians-reject-school-reopening-order\",\"name\":\"Kwara hijab controversy: Christians reject school reopening order - 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