Lawyers chip in their thoughts on whether a law school student should be called to bar for wearing hijab. The refusal of the body of benchers to call Amasa Firdaus to bar because she was spotting a hijab underneath her wig, has stirred quite a debate in Nigeria’s social media circles.Firdaus who graduated from the University of Ilorin with a second class upper degree, relayed how she refused to take off her hijab which is a piece of clothing worn by Muslim women. Her decision meant she was denied entry into the International Conference Center, Abuja where the ‘call to bar’ ceremony was held.The implication is that Firdaus would have to wait to be certified as a practising lawyer in Nigeria because she wore a hijab.Some have interpreted the incident as an infringement on her religious rights as enshrined in the nation’s constitution.
