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I would like people to CALMLY read this post, be dignified in their response... By Ogunyomi

I would like people to CALMLY read this post, be dignified in their response to other contributors with a different view point (no abuses, no calling anyone hypocrite, ignorant etc) and let’s have a civil discussion to learn from.

There are TWO key questions in this issue:

1) DID SHE FLOUT A RULE OF THE LAW SCHOOL? Without any additions (forget the mischievous addition for the requirements to take BIOMETRIC DATA that was added to the rule flying around Facebook) THIS IS THE RULE concerning dress code for female students:

Nigeria Law School Code of Conduct Rule 2(b):

"For female students, white blouse, dark jacket and black skirts, covering knees (dark suit) or dark ladies and black shoes are to be worn. There should be no embroidery and trimmings of any type, and only moderate jewellery."

Now I will agree that there is an unwritten practice/convention/norm on dressing in the law school (senior lawyers have shown me its more relaxed in courts in the real world). By law, rules and norms THIS LADY HAS NOT IN ANYWAY BROKEN THE RULE (every rule or LAW is WRITTEN).

2) DOES THE NORM/PRACTICE INFRINGE ON HER FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS? Now this is the Koko; The constitution of Nigeria which is superior to any law or rule or practice or norm in our land enshrines clearly the freedoms for every citizen of Nigeria to practice the religion of his or her choice; a freedom many Muslims and Christians often deny traditional worshipers and people of other beliefs, but I digress. For many Muslims, wearing a hijab is as fundamental to their religion as praying 5 times  daily or fulfillment of the 5 pillars of the religion, so much so stripping a Muslim woman off the rights to dress as she wants or as it pleases her religion is a denial of her fundamental rights. Every single time this case has gone to court in every clime even against written laws, the fundamental rights case has won. I would like to see this case go to court here. Don’t bring the Sango worshipper argument, we don’t have any regalia we must wear compulsorily to fulfill our faith.

Now let’s also consider some other factors, we have established she has broken no rule and have established that even if there was a rule the CONSTITUTION which establishes her FREEDOM OF RELIGION (which wearing a hijab is part of) will supersede it. We will keep this case as a legal precedence to challenge obnoxious laws that infringe on the constitutional rights of people in future; now let me begin to annoy  the Muslims and other religious folk too; you see that law that denies HOMOSEXUALS their freedom signed by that Dingbat with s Ph.D? that is another law infringing on the fundamental rights of Nigerian citizens. The constitution guarantees every citizen the right to seek happiness and no government has any powers to legislate over the sexual activity of any adults. We don’t live in the medieval times in your scriptures.

MY POINT, you might not like what constitutes another person’s rights but you cannot deny them or support a government or body to deny them. I am not a Muslim, neither am I gay but I recognize that infringement on the rights of a Muslim woman to dress as her religion dictates or the right of a Nigerian adult to seek and pursue happiness and sexual gratification with another adults is just a step towards the day my own rights would be infringed on whatever I desire or hold dear that the constitution guarantees me.

THAT IS MY POINT; I understand the argument of the lawyers who all complied but it takes only one person to speak up. I understand those who say “is she the only Muslim woman”? But same could have been said of Rosa Parks (Now I know you would hate that); “was she the only black person on the bus? Was it not the law then for niggers to stand up for white masters”? You see it was an obnoxious law trampling on her fundamental rights and she stood up and won.

The Nigerian Law School also needs to remove its dictatorial toga; it’s the same law school that has refused to call to bar another young lawyer who protested the terrible facilities at the law school hostel last year. I will support any effort to raise money for legal representation for Miss Firdaus and I am sure she will win in court. I have to because tomorrow it might be my rights to you want to take away.

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