A 7-year-old Muslim girl in the US state of New Jersey was forced to take off her veil by a school teacher.
According to US media, 7-year-old Samia from Maplewood is a second grade student and used to go to school wearing a scarf every day. The teacher asked her to take off her hijab in class. Took off
Samia's mother says that her daughter has to be introduced to a world from which she has been saving.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations says the teacher assaulted and harassed the minor.
Remember that America's first hijab-wearing Olympic medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad also belongs to Maplewood. Fanser Ibtihaj Muhammad participated in the 2016 Olympic Summer Games wearing hijab.
Ibtihaj Mohammad said that the school should be a safe place for all children without any discrimination where they are welcomed. He also demanded immediate dismissal of Seth Bowden Elementary School teacher for removing the hijab of the girl child.
