Has the Kenyan Supreme Court shown an unacceptable Degree of Islamophobia?
Thursday ruling by the Supreme Court that Muslim students are prohibited to wear hijabs in Non-Muslim Schools has caused a storm among the Muslim faithfuls with many of them feeling that the ruling is a show of discrimination against the Muslim Community and the Islam Religion.
Seasoned Lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi turned the ruling as a new low for the leadership of Chief Justice Maraga.
According to Ahmednasir, the ruling was inspired by a poisonous evangelical jurisprudence that repudiate the rights of Muslim pupils to wear a Hijab.
“Today’s judgment by the Supreme Court on the HIJAB was a new low for the leadership of CJ Maraga.The judgment is inspired by a poisonous evangelical jurisprudence that repudiate the rights of Muslim pupils to wear a HIJAB. The Court showed unacceptable degree of Islamophobia,” said Ahmednassir.
The Lawyer argues that the Court’s declaration has given a green light to schools in Kenya to enforce the High Court’s Judgment and throw Muslim Girls out of school for wearing Hijabs.
“Declarations that stop, injunct, prohibits, bar every Muslim child from wearing HIJAB. As from tomorrow morning the Supreme Court has given the GREEN LIGHT to all Schools in Kenya to enforce the judgment of the High Court & throw out of school Muslim children that wear HIJAB,” added Ahmednassir.
Hijab is a veil that covers the head and chest and is worn by Muslim women.
Yesterday’s landmark ruling is likely to open a floodgate of suits from other institutions and parents.
The decision which was overturned was in relation to a school in Isiolo called St Paul’s Kiwanjani secondary which is sponsored by the Methodist church.
In September 2016, the appeal court overturned an earlier ruling by the High Cout that had banned hijabs in public schools.
The three judge bench said students should be allowed to wear religious items of clothing in addition to their specified school uniforms.
In the decision, the bench ruled that students deserved to obey their religious requirements in accordance with their constitutional rights, which must be respected and protected.