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During a webinar aimed at school administrators on the Mirabelli decision, a partner at a leading law firm that advises California school districts stated that existing policies and practices regarding staff use of students’ preferred names and pronouns “remain 100% in place.” The state has long taken the position...

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The Supreme Court rules against Democrats and sides with parents “The Supreme Court is ruled on California policy regarding the notification of parents surrounding their child's gender identity. Today's ruling overturns a state law which prevented schools from notifying parents if students changed their pronouns or gender expression at school.” “This comes after some religious parents and educators challenge California school policies aimed at preventing schools from outing students to their families. California argued students have the right to privacy over their gender expression, especially if they fear rejection from their families.”
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The Supreme Court rules against Democrats and sides with parents “The Supreme Court is ruled on California policy regarding the notification of parents surrounding their child's gender identity. Today's ruling overturns a state law which prevented schools from notifying parents if students changed their pronouns or gender expression at school.” “This comes after some religious parents and educators challenge California school policies aimed at preventing schools from outing students to their families. California argued students have the right to privacy over their gender expression, especially if they fear rejection from their families.”

Wall Street Apes

45,671 views • 5 months ago

Dean of Berkeley Law School and prominent constitutional law scholar Erwin Chemerinsky mischaracterized the Mirabelli v. Bonta case during a recent talk in San Francisco. He began by stating, “California has a law that prohibits schools from informing parents about their children’s gender identity without the permission of the children.” He was referring to AB 1955, which prohibits school districts from adopting policies that require disclosure. The state itself has repeatedly argued that the law does not prohibit school employees from informing parents; instead it bars districts from requiring them to do so. Importantly, Mirabelli was filed before AB 1955, and the lawsuit does not directly challenge that law. Chemerinsky then claimed, “The lower courts said that this was permissible, and the Supreme Court stayed that, and the Supreme Court issued an injunction against the California law.” He gets the procedural history wrong. The district court issued an injunction barring the enforcement of the school secrecy policies. The Ninth Circuit stayed that injunction pending appeal, temporarily restoring the status quo. The Supreme Court then lifted the stay, allowing the district court’s injunction to take effect while the appeal proceeds. He concluded by arguing that the Supreme Court is “very hostile to transgender rights.” But to support that narrative, he had to misrepresent the procedural history, suggesting that every lower court had sided with the school districts before the Supreme Court intervened. That simply isn’t true. These secrecy policies are being defeated over and over in court. Everyone makes mistakes, but Chemerinsky didn’t express any uncertainty about the facts. He presented himself as an authority while confidently misstating the record. He’s lost a lot of credibility in my book. Credit to ThisLeadsToThat and WomenAreReal for the video.
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Dean of Berkeley Law School and prominent constitutional law scholar Erwin Chemerinsky mischaracterized the Mirabelli v. Bonta case during a recent talk in San Francisco. He began by stating, “California has a law that prohibits schools from informing parents about their children’s gender identity without the permission of the children.” He was referring to AB 1955, which prohibits school districts from adopting policies that require disclosure. The state itself has repeatedly argued that the law does not prohibit school employees from informing parents; instead it bars districts from requiring them to do so. Importantly, Mirabelli was filed before AB 1955, and the lawsuit does not directly challenge that law. Chemerinsky then claimed, “The lower courts said that this was permissible, and the Supreme Court stayed that, and the Supreme Court issued an injunction against the California law.” He gets the procedural history wrong. The district court issued an injunction barring the enforcement of the school secrecy policies. The Ninth Circuit stayed that injunction pending appeal, temporarily restoring the status quo. The Supreme Court then lifted the stay, allowing the district court’s injunction to take effect while the appeal proceeds. He concluded by arguing that the Supreme Court is “very hostile to transgender rights.” But to support that narrative, he had to misrepresent the procedural history, suggesting that every lower court had sided with the school districts before the Supreme Court intervened. That simply isn’t true. These secrecy policies are being defeated over and over in court. Everyone makes mistakes, but Chemerinsky didn’t express any uncertainty about the facts. He presented himself as an authority while confidently misstating the record. He’s lost a lot of credibility in my book. Credit to ThisLeadsToThat and WomenAreReal for the video.

Laura Powell

19,532 views • 18 days ago

WOW. Berwick Area School District in PA passed TWO policies PROTECTING girls and enforcing COMMON SENSE. -Students must use bathrooms that reflect their biological sex -Prevents teachers from calling students by "preferred names or pronouns" behind parents’ backs Policies like this need to be passed at EVERY school in the country.
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WOW. Berwick Area School District in PA passed TWO policies PROTECTING girls and enforcing COMMON SENSE. -Students must use bathrooms that reflect their biological sex -Prevents teachers from calling students by "preferred names or pronouns" behind parents’ backs Policies like this need to be passed at EVERY school in the country.

Libs of TikTok

979,971 views • 11 months ago

🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court was just asked to STRIKE DOWN a California law that lets school districts KEEP SECRET a child's "gender identity" from the parents That's right, Gavin Newsom is preventing parents from knowing deeply important information about their own kids in schools "A controversial California law prevents public schools from having to notify parents about a transgender student's gender identity." Reverse the law NOW! Unbelievable this is even a conversation.
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🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court was just asked to STRIKE DOWN a California law that lets school districts KEEP SECRET a child's "gender identity" from the parents That's right, Gavin Newsom is preventing parents from knowing deeply important information about their own kids in schools "A controversial California law prevents public schools from having to notify parents about a transgender student's gender identity." Reverse the law NOW! Unbelievable this is even a conversation.

Eric Daugherty

62,304 views • 7 months ago

No state should be able to assert custody over a child because the parents refuse to refer to the child by their preferred sex or pronouns. Bills like Sage’s Law in Virginia and the Affirming Families Act in Ohio are strong policies that protect children suffering from gender dysphoria from abuse at the hands of gender ideologues in the state.
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No state should be able to assert custody over a child because the parents refuse to refer to the child by their preferred sex or pronouns. Bills like Sage’s Law in Virginia and the Affirming Families Act in Ohio are strong policies that protect children suffering from gender dysphoria from abuse at the hands of gender ideologues in the state.

Heritage Foundation

11,592 views • 5 months ago

🚨WATCH: A transgender activist in Virginia tells parents "a child is not your property" and says children should be free to explore their gender identity at school. The activist, referred to as "Dale," came to the Newport News School Board meeting on Tuesday to discuss a new policy that would allow transgender students to use their chosen names and preferred pronouns during school hours if they choose. "To the parents who oppose this policy, if your child does not want to tell you they are transgender, it is because they don't trust you," Dale said. "You have not earned their trust." Dale went on to say that "God made them this way" and told parents it's "not too late" for parents to accept that.
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🚨WATCH: A transgender activist in Virginia tells parents "a child is not your property" and says children should be free to explore their gender identity at school. The activist, referred to as "Dale," came to the Newport News School Board meeting on Tuesday to discuss a new policy that would allow transgender students to use their chosen names and preferred pronouns during school hours if they choose. "To the parents who oppose this policy, if your child does not want to tell you they are transgender, it is because they don't trust you," Dale said. "You have not earned their trust." Dale went on to say that "God made them this way" and told parents it's "not too late" for parents to accept that.

Off The Press

24,735 views • 2 months ago

🚨 BREAKING: CALIFORNIA CAN NO LONGER SECRETLY TRANSITION KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS You are probably asking yourself, California was doing what? A few years ago, California passed AB 1955. This law told teachers and school administrators they had to keep a child’s social transition (new name, pronouns, gender identity) secret from parents. If they told the parents, they could face penalties. Because of this law, multiple children were secretly transitioned at school. Parents only found out after the transition had already started. In one heartbreaking case, parents only learned their child had been socially transitioned after the student attempted to take their own life. Schools even had specific trainings teaching staff how to hide this information from moms and dads. Thanks to the Mirabelli v. Bonta case, the Supreme Court just stepped in and ruled that schools can no longer hide these major decisions from parents. This is your California government at work, trying to dismantle your fundamental rights as a parent. Parents have the right to know. Period. Find out if your school district is secretly transitioning kids. Share, inform, vote and help us fight for California.
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🚨 BREAKING: CALIFORNIA CAN NO LONGER SECRETLY TRANSITION KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS You are probably asking yourself, California was doing what? A few years ago, California passed AB 1955. This law told teachers and school administrators they had to keep a child’s social transition (new name, pronouns, gender identity) secret from parents. If they told the parents, they could face penalties. Because of this law, multiple children were secretly transitioned at school. Parents only found out after the transition had already started. In one heartbreaking case, parents only learned their child had been socially transitioned after the student attempted to take their own life. Schools even had specific trainings teaching staff how to hide this information from moms and dads. Thanks to the Mirabelli v. Bonta case, the Supreme Court just stepped in and ruled that schools can no longer hide these major decisions from parents. This is your California government at work, trying to dismantle your fundamental rights as a parent. Parents have the right to know. Period. Find out if your school district is secretly transitioning kids. Share, inform, vote and help us fight for California.

David Tangipa

13,722 views • 1 month ago

Gavin Newsom sued Chino School District when parents stood up for parents' rights. Newsom even passed a law to hide secret gender transitions from families The Ninth Circuit Court just sided with parents. This is a huge win “Gavin Newsom and his allies fought us and even sued us. You guys remember that. Then they went even further and passed a law, AB 1955, forcing schools to hide secret transitions and other very critical information from you moms and dads” The court decided The State does not have the right to hide important information from you, the parents. They do not have the right to secretly transition your kids without your knowledge This is real and here’s what actually happened Chino Valley Unified School District in California passed a policy requiring schools to notify parents if their child requests to change gender identification, pronouns, or use different facilities at school Gavin Newsom and the California Attorney General sued the district, arguing the policy violated students’ privacy rights and state law Gavin Newsom then passed AB 1955 which prohibits schools from notifying parents about a child’s gender identity changes or “social transition” without the child’s consent The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just sided with the parents and the Chino Valley district. The court held that: - Parents have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing and education of their children. - The state and schools do not have the authority to systematically hide critical information like social gender transitions from parents - Policies and laws forcing schools to conceal such information from families are likely unconstitutional Democrats literally tried to let schools transition kids into being transgender and legally hide it from parents. This is evil
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Gavin Newsom sued Chino School District when parents stood up for parents' rights. Newsom even passed a law to hide secret gender transitions from families The Ninth Circuit Court just sided with parents. This is a huge win “Gavin Newsom and his allies fought us and even sued us. You guys remember that. Then they went even further and passed a law, AB 1955, forcing schools to hide secret transitions and other very critical information from you moms and dads” The court decided The State does not have the right to hide important information from you, the parents. They do not have the right to secretly transition your kids without your knowledge This is real and here’s what actually happened Chino Valley Unified School District in California passed a policy requiring schools to notify parents if their child requests to change gender identification, pronouns, or use different facilities at school Gavin Newsom and the California Attorney General sued the district, arguing the policy violated students’ privacy rights and state law Gavin Newsom then passed AB 1955 which prohibits schools from notifying parents about a child’s gender identity changes or “social transition” without the child’s consent The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just sided with the parents and the Chino Valley district. The court held that: - Parents have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing and education of their children. - The state and schools do not have the authority to systematically hide critical information like social gender transitions from parents - Policies and laws forcing schools to conceal such information from families are likely unconstitutional Democrats literally tried to let schools transition kids into being transgender and legally hide it from parents. This is evil

Wall Street Apes

36,405 views • 1 month ago

"They don't believe that these are your kids. They believe that these are the government's kids." Riley Gaines reacts to a California judge banning a school district from imposing a policy that would have required teachers and staff to notify parents if their student declares they want to change their name or pronouns. | FOX & Friends
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"They don't believe that these are your kids. They believe that these are the government's kids." Riley Gaines reacts to a California judge banning a school district from imposing a policy that would have required teachers and staff to notify parents if their student declares they want to change their name or pronouns. | FOX & Friends

Fox News

20,477,303 views • 1 year ago

Colorado Democrats just quietly, and in secret passed a HB 1312 restricting free speech. Use of preferred pronouns and selected names based on gender identity is now MANDATORY “So they've just enacted a new law and Governor Jared Polis signed it going into the weekend, HB 1312 is actually a modification of, it's an amendment to the pre existing Colorado Anti Discrimination act — What this amendment does is it actually requires any individual in a public accommodation space to use mandatory preferred pronouns and selected names of individuals based on gender identity, even if those individuals disagree with the communication of a message that is antithetical to what they believe. It's the first time I have seen a state enact a law that is so patently unconstitutional that tries to concretize into the state canon a requirement to violate the First Amendment because not every Coloradan is going to agree with the use of preferred pronouns or gender identity related names.”
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Colorado Democrats just quietly, and in secret passed a HB 1312 restricting free speech. Use of preferred pronouns and selected names based on gender identity is now MANDATORY “So they've just enacted a new law and Governor Jared Polis signed it going into the weekend, HB 1312 is actually a modification of, it's an amendment to the pre existing Colorado Anti Discrimination act — What this amendment does is it actually requires any individual in a public accommodation space to use mandatory preferred pronouns and selected names of individuals based on gender identity, even if those individuals disagree with the communication of a message that is antithetical to what they believe. It's the first time I have seen a state enact a law that is so patently unconstitutional that tries to concretize into the state canon a requirement to violate the First Amendment because not every Coloradan is going to agree with the use of preferred pronouns or gender identity related names.”

Wall Street Apes

957,210 views • 1 year ago

Uzbek School Prevents Hijabi Students From Entering School Hijabi Muslim students at School No. 16 in the Syrdarya region of Uzbekistan are reportedly facing unlawful restrictions and discrimination. According to parents, the school’s principle has prohibited girls in Hijabs from entering the school premises. Despite parental intervention, students were still denied access until news spread of the regional governor’s planned visit, at which point they were temporarily allowed to enter. Parents further claim that on a daily basis, girls wearing hijabs are being removed from classes and subjected to baseless comments and discriminatory treatment.
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Uzbek School Prevents Hijabi Students From Entering School Hijabi Muslim students at School No. 16 in the Syrdarya region of Uzbekistan are reportedly facing unlawful restrictions and discrimination. According to parents, the school’s principle has prohibited girls in Hijabs from entering the school premises. Despite parental intervention, students were still denied access until news spread of the regional governor’s planned visit, at which point they were temporarily allowed to enter. Parents further claim that on a daily basis, girls wearing hijabs are being removed from classes and subjected to baseless comments and discriminatory treatment.

DOAM

24,061 views • 9 months ago

Why is it that parents have so little control over where their children go to school? Unless you homeschool or send your child to a private school, you’re at the mercy of the government and the Teachers Unions. That needs to change. Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist
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Why is it that parents have so little control over where their children go to school? Unless you homeschool or send your child to a private school, you’re at the mercy of the government and the Teachers Unions. That needs to change. Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist

PragerU

11,567 views • 6 months ago

.Mary Margaret Olohan: "The Supreme Court is hearing a case dealing with parents who don't want their kids having to read gender ideology books in school. Can you comment on that case?" Karoline Leavitt: "We hope the Supreme Court will do the right thing. And the President has been very clear—he stands on the side of parental rights, and he believes strongly that parents should have a greater say in their children's education and the content that children are being exposed to in our public school system."
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.Mary Margaret Olohan: "The Supreme Court is hearing a case dealing with parents who don't want their kids having to read gender ideology books in school. Can you comment on that case?" Karoline Leavitt: "We hope the Supreme Court will do the right thing. And the President has been very clear—he stands on the side of parental rights, and he believes strongly that parents should have a greater say in their children's education and the content that children are being exposed to in our public school system."

Daily Wire

159,227 views • 1 year ago

Erin Friday says that in states like California, parents risk losing their children if they refuse to transition them. She broke down to me how Child Protective Services can take children and strip parents of their rights once a child enters the system. “I have evidence of school counselors telling children how to use Child Protective Services to get away from their parents who refuse to capitulate and call them another gender.” “Once that child then gets into the crosshairs of Child Protective Services, the child can be taken and placed in a temporary foster care family.” “During that interim, the parents are being investigated.” “They can be investigated just from not calling their child a male or female name, whichever the child wants.” “There are foster care bill of rights in many of the blue states.” “Those bill of rights require that the child be housed based on gender identity… not their sex.” “So we take a child and put them in a very vulnerable position.” “The Bill of Rights also allows the child to get sex-rejecting interventions.” “You don’t need consent from the parents anymore.” “You get child and government consent to cross sex hormones, puberty blockers, name change.” “Parents essentially lose their parental rights to the government as long as those parents refuse to transition their children.” “These children are taught also to make false claims of abuse, not just emotional abuse, but physical abuse.” “The parents can’t even go to the press about what is happening to their child.” Erin Friday, Esq.
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Erin Friday says that in states like California, parents risk losing their children if they refuse to transition them. She broke down to me how Child Protective Services can take children and strip parents of their rights once a child enters the system. “I have evidence of school counselors telling children how to use Child Protective Services to get away from their parents who refuse to capitulate and call them another gender.” “Once that child then gets into the crosshairs of Child Protective Services, the child can be taken and placed in a temporary foster care family.” “During that interim, the parents are being investigated.” “They can be investigated just from not calling their child a male or female name, whichever the child wants.” “There are foster care bill of rights in many of the blue states.” “Those bill of rights require that the child be housed based on gender identity… not their sex.” “So we take a child and put them in a very vulnerable position.” “The Bill of Rights also allows the child to get sex-rejecting interventions.” “You don’t need consent from the parents anymore.” “You get child and government consent to cross sex hormones, puberty blockers, name change.” “Parents essentially lose their parental rights to the government as long as those parents refuse to transition their children.” “These children are taught also to make false claims of abuse, not just emotional abuse, but physical abuse.” “The parents can’t even go to the press about what is happening to their child.” Erin Friday, Esq.

Jan Jekielek

13,429 views • 5 months ago

SOUNDING THE ALARM: If a child wants to begin the process of transitioning to a different sex or use gender pronouns, public school teacher Matt Bell says WA families are being left in the dark. "I'm banned from telling parents what's going on, I could lose my job." That's why he's supporting Let's Go WA ballot initiatives that would strengthen parental rights and ban biological boys from girls sports.
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SOUNDING THE ALARM: If a child wants to begin the process of transitioning to a different sex or use gender pronouns, public school teacher Matt Bell says WA families are being left in the dark. "I'm banned from telling parents what's going on, I could lose my job." That's why he's supporting Let's Go WA ballot initiatives that would strengthen parental rights and ban biological boys from girls sports.

Jonathan Choe

64,866 views • 6 months ago

🚨 Colorado Democrats passed and signed into law that businesses are required to use preferred pronouns, if you refuse you can get 4 MONTHS IN JAIL “If they are interacting with a customer and the customer says, this is my preferred name and these are my preferred pronouns, this is the way I want to be addressed, there is a legal obligation to do that. They're compelled to use those pronouns and those surnames under Colorado's law. That's compelled speech, and the real kicker is there criminal penalties for it. You can have prison time, jail time for up to 4 months if you don't abide that.” - Kristen Waggoner, President, CEO & General Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom
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🚨 Colorado Democrats passed and signed into law that businesses are required to use preferred pronouns, if you refuse you can get 4 MONTHS IN JAIL “If they are interacting with a customer and the customer says, this is my preferred name and these are my preferred pronouns, this is the way I want to be addressed, there is a legal obligation to do that. They're compelled to use those pronouns and those surnames under Colorado's law. That's compelled speech, and the real kicker is there criminal penalties for it. You can have prison time, jail time for up to 4 months if you don't abide that.” - Kristen Waggoner, President, CEO & General Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom

Wall Street Apes

1,599,241 views • 11 months ago

Big news for CA. Thank you Secretary Linda McMahon. I voted for this! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 The Supreme Court has ruled that parents in California have a right to know and control any “gender social transition" of their child at school.
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Big news for CA. Thank you Secretary Linda McMahon. I voted for this! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 The Supreme Court has ruled that parents in California have a right to know and control any “gender social transition" of their child at school.

Beth Bourne

20,511 views • 5 months ago

"Children have separate wardrobes they're keeping at school, separate names, separate identities. Grooming is occurring during lunch sessions, as opposed to after school, so the parents don't need to sign permission slips to know about it." AAGHarmeetDhillon tells me how the DOJ is fighting back alongside the Department of Education: "The DOJ Civil Rights Division is taking over the legal investigative functions [of the Dept. of Ed] that help enforce some of our important federal civil rights laws that protect America's children from abuse, from exploitation, and from discrimination. The entire California system, and a couple of other states, they claim that so-called 'SOGI': Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity instruction is not sex education. And so it doesn't fall under the opt-out provisions of FERPA... This is happening to thousands of children. And so, when you read these cases of these parents who wake up one day and they have a meeting with the with the school and they're told that their child is transitioning, and you blame the parents? Don't blame the parents! This was happening behind the parents' backs, and then it was sprung on them."
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"Children have separate wardrobes they're keeping at school, separate names, separate identities. Grooming is occurring during lunch sessions, as opposed to after school, so the parents don't need to sign permission slips to know about it." AAGHarmeetDhillon tells me how the DOJ is fighting back alongside the Department of Education: "The DOJ Civil Rights Division is taking over the legal investigative functions [of the Dept. of Ed] that help enforce some of our important federal civil rights laws that protect America's children from abuse, from exploitation, and from discrimination. The entire California system, and a couple of other states, they claim that so-called 'SOGI': Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity instruction is not sex education. And so it doesn't fall under the opt-out provisions of FERPA... This is happening to thousands of children. And so, when you read these cases of these parents who wake up one day and they have a meeting with the with the school and they're told that their child is transitioning, and you blame the parents? Don't blame the parents! This was happening behind the parents' backs, and then it was sprung on them."

Glenn Beck

31,099 views • 1 month ago

I warned Newsom that requiring schools to keep secrets from parents about the name and gender used by their child was a clear violation of federal law. He signed the bill anyway. Sure enough, it was just blocked by the Supreme Court. Parents' rights are finally being restored.
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I warned Newsom that requiring schools to keep secrets from parents about the name and gender used by their child was a clear violation of federal law. He signed the bill anyway. Sure enough, it was just blocked by the Supreme Court. Parents' rights are finally being restored.

Kevin Kiley

261,591 views • 4 months ago

VIDEO: Update from UI International School Hijab Saga Muslim female students of the International School, University of Ibadan (ISI), who voluntarily wear the hijab in line with their religious beliefs, were allowed into the school premises on Monday, July 6, despite Friday's Court of Appeal judgment overturning the earlier High Court decision that permitted the use of the hijab at the school. The students arrived at the school accompanied by their parents and guardians. There was an initial attempt by security personnel to prevent them from entering, but they were eventually granted access while wearing their hijabs. Some of the students, who appeared apprehensive during the encounter at the school gate, briefly removed their hijabs before putting them back on and proceeding into the school. Friday's judgment by the Court of Appeal, sitting in Ibadan, set aside the Oyo State High Court's ruling that had declared the school's prohibition of the hijab unconstitutional. In a split decision of two to one, the appellate court held that the Supreme Court's decision permitting the use of the hijab applies only to public schools and not to private institutions such as the International School, University of Ibadan. The ruling has since attracted mixed reactions. While the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has announced plans to challenge the judgment at the Supreme Court, the Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC) has also backed the move and called for stronger protection of the religious rights of Muslim students. Monday's development marks the first school day after the Court of Appeal's judgment as the dispute appears set for a final determination by the Supreme Court. – Muslim News Nigeria
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VIDEO: Update from UI International School Hijab Saga Muslim female students of the International School, University of Ibadan (ISI), who voluntarily wear the hijab in line with their religious beliefs, were allowed into the school premises on Monday, July 6, despite Friday's Court of Appeal judgment overturning the earlier High Court decision that permitted the use of the hijab at the school. The students arrived at the school accompanied by their parents and guardians. There was an initial attempt by security personnel to prevent them from entering, but they were eventually granted access while wearing their hijabs. Some of the students, who appeared apprehensive during the encounter at the school gate, briefly removed their hijabs before putting them back on and proceeding into the school. Friday's judgment by the Court of Appeal, sitting in Ibadan, set aside the Oyo State High Court's ruling that had declared the school's prohibition of the hijab unconstitutional. In a split decision of two to one, the appellate court held that the Supreme Court's decision permitting the use of the hijab applies only to public schools and not to private institutions such as the International School, University of Ibadan. The ruling has since attracted mixed reactions. While the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has announced plans to challenge the judgment at the Supreme Court, the Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC) has also backed the move and called for stronger protection of the religious rights of Muslim students. Monday's development marks the first school day after the Court of Appeal's judgment as the dispute appears set for a final determination by the Supreme Court. – Muslim News Nigeria

Muslim News Nigeria

1,011,582 views • 1 month ago