On The Kwara State Hijab Crisis.
Lamentations 5:5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. Kwara state of Nigeria is on the news for sometime now over the state government decision to allow students of Moslem faith, the wearing of Hijab, in schools founded by Christian missions. Many have faulted this one sided favour; if Moslem students now enjoy such liberty, then all other religious as represented in the Nigeria should wear their religious garb no matter how out-modelled if they so chose; African Traditional Religion adherents, Eckankar, Grail Message, Celestial and Cherubim and Seraphim should also be allowed to wear their religious attires, too. While this has been brewing, the Kwara chapter of [CAN] Christian Association of Nigeria has released a 1974 agreement with Government. see photocopy. Brief Historical Review The Missions opened some of the earliest primary schools in the country and what is today Kwara State. For instance, in 1865 they opened the first primary school at Lo