Embrace hijab, promote Islam dignity, Hadija Nganyi urges Muslims

As the Muslim Community mark World Hijab Day, the Commissioner of Revenue Allocation Hadija Nganyi has urged Muslims across the country to embrace the hijab as a way of promoting the dignity of the religion.

In an exclusive interview with Mulembe News on Monday evening during World Hijab Day, the Commissioner of Revenue Allocation, Hadija Nganyi, said Muslims should wear hijabs to show respect for and the dignity of the religion.

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Nganyi used the platform to also urge non-Muslims to protect Muslims who sometimes are bullied or isolated from key aspects of life.

“As we mark this year’s World Hijab Day, female Muslims should put on hijabs to show their respect and their religion’s dignity as it is highlighted by the scripture,” Nganyi said.

However, the commissioner revealed that nowadays most Muslim females have abandoned the use of hijab because of modern lifestyles that other religions have introduced, which may result in disrespect of their dignity.

She said if one defies wearing of the hijab, this signifies poor morals among women..

According to Nganyi, even the government of Kenya and others have allowed Muslims to wear hijab while at work or school to promote their religious custom, but some have abandoned wearing it.

“I thank the government for allowing Muslims to wear hijab while at work or school; this has encouraged our religion,” Nganyi added.

Further, Hadija Nganyi asked Muslim parents to encourage their children on the importance of hijab; she said most parents have been buying funny clothes for them, which has changed their morals in the society.

She said according to their religion, no female Muslim is allowed to wear trousers, but nowadays people have influenced them.

The commissioner said if a child is taught to wear trousers at a young stage, she probably won’t change while in the adult stage, thus urging parents to bring up their children in good manners that can be admirable.

“As a parent, if you buy trousers for your female children, you are spoiling their dignity; buy them decent clothes that may define their behaviours in the society,” she urged.

On the other hand, she asked her fellow Muslims to build more schools for their children, saying Christians have dominated more schools, which makes them unable to learn important subjects like Islamic Religious Education (IRE).

She said Islamic subjects have been struggling in Christian schools, and Muslims need the government to recruit more teachers of IRE so that learners may have ample time to study their religious customs.

A Muslim called Nazma Khan started World Hijab Day and over 150 countries across the world have embraced it. It is meant to educate Muslims on the importance of hijab.

In Western Kenya, Hadija Nganyi said she began the campaign on 1 February 2023 in Busia County and yesterday she did the same in Khungoyokosi Primary School, Kakamega County.