In 2017, a Nigerian Law School graduate by the name Amasa Firdausi was refused her call to bar for failing to remove her hijab. Her action and the Law School’s response generated intense debate and controversy at the time, especially on the internet, so much so that she boasted that her defiance was to “challenge the status quo”.
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In a press statement signed by its Director and Founder, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, the group said the Nigerian Law School has succeeded in restoring the confidence of Nigerian Muslims in legal education by giving recognition to the identity of the Muslim person
The conference was called as a result of the cancellation of a public hearing
This is coming on the heels of the prevention of a female student, Amasa Firdaus, from graduating last year over her insistence on using the hijab during the graduation ceremony
The position of MURIC was contained in a statement by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola