Hijab was not worn properly in this Muslim country, the heads of 14 girls were shaved

In a shocking incident, a school teacher in Indonesia partially shaved the heads of more than 12 female students for not wearing the hijab properly. According to reports, a teacher forced at least 14 Muslim students to partially shave their hair at state-owned junior high school SMPN 1 in the East Java city of Lamongan. The headmaster said the school has apologized to the students and their parents and the teacher has been sacked following media reports.

Indonesia will ban wearing the hijab in school in 2021, but activists claim both Muslim and non-Muslim girls in conservative areas of the archipelago are forced to wear black headscarves. However, the headmaster emphasized that there is no compulsion for students to wear hijab in the school premises. However, in order to appear neat, they were asked to wear an inner hat under their headscarf. Significantly, in a similar incident in Iran, a 21-year-old Muslim woman, Mahasa Amini, was killed by “Moral Police” in custody for allegedly not wearing the hijab properly in the streets. This led to months of widespread protests in the country.