Muslim schoolchildren protest against hijab restrictions in Azerbaijan

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Schoolchildren across Muslim-majority Azerbaijan have staged protests and boycotted lessons after girls wearing the hijab were barred from classrooms under new government regulations enforcing “secular dress codes.” Videos circulating on social media show pupils protesting outside schools, refusing to attend classes in solidarity with their hijab-wearing classmates and demanding an end to restrictions on Islamic […] The post Muslim schoolchildren protest against hijab restrictions in Azerbaijan