This incident happened 8 years ago at my newly merged school on Racial Harmony Day itself.
My friend, Aishah, was stopped by a teacher midway to Malay language class; she was instructed to remove her hijab because apparently her hijab was deemed a bad influence to thousands of students in the school.
She did so immediately since the teacher refused to let her attend her next class unless she complied.
Later that day, she told me what happened when we met and with my encouragement, she chose to put on her hijab once more.
On our way to the canteen both of us were confronted by another female teacher (who by the way shared the same race and religion as us) and were also ordered by her to remove our hijabs; again she dangled the same reason as the previous teacher did - our actions will unduly influence others.
More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2019/07/teachers-ordered-us-to-remove-our.html
My friend, Aishah, was stopped by a teacher midway to Malay language class; she was instructed to remove her hijab because apparently her hijab was deemed a bad influence to thousands of students in the school.
She did so immediately since the teacher refused to let her attend her next class unless she complied.
Later that day, she told me what happened when we met and with my encouragement, she chose to put on her hijab once more.
On our way to the canteen both of us were confronted by another female teacher (who by the way shared the same race and religion as us) and were also ordered by her to remove our hijabs; again she dangled the same reason as the previous teacher did - our actions will unduly influence others.
More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2019/07/teachers-ordered-us-to-remove-our.html
