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The Pedagogical Council of the Medical College in Novocherkassk expelled five female students for wearing hijabs, earlier it was reported about similar punitive methods at the Astrakhan Medical Academy, as well as in schools throughout Russia.

Article 28 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation enshrines freedom of conscience and religion for citizens and states "Everyone is guaranteed freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, including the right to profess individually or jointly with others any religion or not to profess any, freely choose, have and disseminate religious and other beliefs and ACT in ACCORDANCE with THEM"

Hijab is a sacred duty of every muslim women. To forbid schoolgirls and students to wear it means to deprive them of their education! 

The consequences of such bans can be the most terrible not only for Muslim women, but also for a country with more than 40 million Muslims.

The ban on wearing the hijab contradicts the laws of the Russian Federation, is nothing more than an insult to the feelings of believers and infringement of rights on religious grounds.

In the modern world, in a legal society, such prohibitions cannot exist! 

They violate the rights, infringe on a huge group of people, literally squeezing Muslim women out of social life, depriving them of basic rights and freedoms.

All this will affect not only the emergence of new national and religious conflicts, but will also have a detrimental impact on the socio-economic life of the country.

We demand to:

• cancel the order on the expulsion of  5 female students from the Medical College in Novocherkassk;
• stop the harassment of Muslim girls in schools and universities by the leadership of educational institutions;
• AND PROHIBIT THE INTRODUCTION OF SUCH RULES in the charters of educational institutions that offend the feelings of believers, infringe on the rights and freedoms on religious grounds, violate the Constitutional rights of people.