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Student suspended for wearing hijab

A 4-year-old student, Fatima Bibi, studying at Kristo Jyoti school, Bokakhat has been suspended from school for wearing hijab. Her parents got a notice from school that "Either abide by rules or don't send your child to school." The school principal Father Jose Verghese told "rules are for everyone, No high, no low, no rich, no poor, school cannot relax the dress code for one child". Fatima's parents are now approaching Guwahati High Court for her daughters right to Hijab in the school.

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