Authorities in Russias Vladimir area havebanned students from wearing hijabs while at school.According to the restriction, which was enacted last week Tuesday, clothes and elements demonstrating the trainees spiritual affiliation are not permitted inside universities, consisting of hijabs and niqabs.The Vladimir regions Education Ministryinsisted in a declaration on Saturday that the ban does not break students rights given that Russias Constitution develops the country as a nonreligious state without an official religion.The requirements for school dress and the trainees appearance, regardless of their religious beliefs, guarantee the nonreligious nature of state and community educational institutions, in addition to the maintenance of spiritual neutrality, the ministry said.Local media reported that the Vladimir area was the first in Russia to ban hijabs in schools.However, in 2015, Russias Supreme Courtupheld a hijab ban at schools in the republic of Mordovia, presenting the very first legal precedent of its kind.
Two years later on, a local courtlifted a hijab ban for teachers.The Vladimir region introduced a gown code for schools in 2017, saying that students should abide by nonreligious and business design clothing.
The current hijab ban updates that dress code.Calls to ban hijabs in Russia resurfaced previously this year amidst an uptick in discrimination and xenophobia triggered by the lethal attack on a Moscow performance location in March.
TheIslamic State jihadist group claimed obligation for that mass shooting.Another deadly attack in Russias North Caucasus republic of Dagestan in June triggered a senior Muslim cleric totemporarily ban the niqab, a full-face veil, for security measures.Though Muslims comprise Russias second-largest religious group, human rights activists and regional media regularly report instances of discrimination versus females using Islamic spiritual dress.