كينيا: تعرض المسلمين للتمييز والاضطهاد بالمدارس

طالب عدد من علماء الإسلام ورؤساء المجالس والجمعيات المدنية الإسلامية في "كينيا" - وزارة التعليم بالتحقيق واتخاذ الإجراءات المناسبة تجاه تعرض الطلاب المسلمين للاضطهاد والتمييز والحرمان من ممارسة شعائرهم الدينية.

فقد أكد العلماء أن كثير من الطلاب المسلمين يتعرضون للحرمان من ممارسة التعاليم الدينية؛ مثل الصلاة وارتداء الحجاب، بل إن بعضهم يُجبرون على حضور دروس تعليم النصرانية بالكنائس.

وقد أكد "محمد زفار" سكرتير عام مجلس الأئمة والدعاة أن المدارس الحكومية تمنع الطلاب المسلمين من حقوقهم الدستورية وحرية ممارسة شعائر دينهم، وتضطهدهم على أسس دينية بدلاً من تطبيق القانون ومنحهم الحرية الدينية.

وأشار المتحدثون أنهم بصدد اتخاذ الإجراءات القانونية ضد تلك المدارس، بعد فشل المحاولات السلمية للدفاع عن حق المسلمين في ممارسة شعائر دينهم. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Muslim Students' Rights Violated, Leaders Say

MUSLIM LEADERS have called on the Ministry of Education to take action against headteachers discriminating against Muslim students. The leaders said some schools bar Muslim students from wearing hijab - a Muslim headgear for girls. They further claimed students are denied chance to pray and some are even being forced to attend church services. Those who fail to comply are expelled from the schools, they added. The leaders said this is unconstitutional and violation of the education policy.

The leaders who spoke are Sheikh Muhammed Dor, the secretary general Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya, Muhammad Zafar, the chairman of Muslim Education Council, and Abdul Hamid, the secretary general of Young Muslim Association. "Under the new constitution and the Education's Act, no child should be denied the right to education on the basis of their religion. But it is saddening that some school heads, apart from denying the students the right to exercise their religious rights, have gone ahead to expel them for wearing Hijab and refusing them to attend church service," said Dor, who is also a nominated MP.

They cited Mary Hill, Kenya High, and Buruburu Girls as the most notorious in discriminating against the Muslim students. "The worse is that these are government schools which should act according to the law and not deny some students their liberties and freedoms just on the basis of their religion," Zafar said.

The leaders threatened to take legal action against schools violating the rights of the students. "We have been patient and held consultations with the schools but nothing seems to happen. Even the schools have trashed a directive written in 2009 by the former PS Karega Mutahi that okayed the religious dressing and prohibited the discrimination. And this is why we will be moving to court if no action is taken," Hamid said.