{"id":15819,"date":"2018-05-24T15:30:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T19:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=15819"},"modified":"2018-05-24T15:30:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T19:30:33","slug":"trinidad-government-to-take-hijab-issue-to-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/trinidad-government-to-take-hijab-issue-to-court\/","title":{"rendered":"TRINIDAD-Government to take hijab issue to court"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An incident in which a Muslim trainee teacher was asked to remove her hijab\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>when she turned up for employment at a school, will be taken to court.<\/p>

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\"Court\"<\/a>Acting Prime Minister Colm Imbert and Minister of Education Anthony Garcia have confirmed that Attorney General Faris Al Rawi will take the matter to court.<\/p>\n

Garcia said his\u00a0ministry\u00a0has\u00a0already received\u00a0a report from the principal of the school.<\/p>

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The incident happened earlier this week Nafiesa Nakhid, a young Muslim woman went to the Lakshmi Girls Hindu College to report to work as a trainee teacher.<\/p>

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It\u2019s reported that Nakhid was told to remove the hijab before entering the compound and that she could replace it at the end of the school day.<\/p>\n

A hijab is a head covering worn by Muslim women.<\/p>

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Nakhid, who took to social media following the incident, said she chose not to take up duties if it meant taking off her hijab.<\/p>\n

Nakhid, who was qualified to teach mechanical engineering, said she left the school and reported the matter to the Ministry of Education that assigned her to the school.<\/p>

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According to Garcia, the Education Ministry will write to the school\u2019s board before the attorney general takes up the matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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In a statement earlier this week, Garcia described the incident as a \u201cflagrant disregard of the laws enshrined in the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move, he said, \u201csets Trinidad and Tobago back in terms of the steps we have made for religious inclusion and tolerance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garcia noted that Lakshmi Girls Hindu College is a government-assisted secondary school and therefore operates within the same guidelines of public schools in Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo institution, organisation or person can create any rules that supersede those enshrined in our Constitution,\u201d the Education Minister said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The decision by the school has been condemned by several organisations, including and Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar.<\/p>\n

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