{"id":101106,"date":"2015-03-04T05:43:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T05:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=96231"},"modified":"2015-03-04T05:43:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T05:43:22","slug":"muslim-nurse-sacked-for-wearing-hijab-to-work-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/muslim-nurse-sacked-for-wearing-hijab-to-work-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim nurse ‘sacked’ for wearing hijab to work"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Muslim nurse working at the Maamobi General Polyclinic was on Tuesday reportedly asked to go home for wearing her hijab to work.<\/p>\n
Habiba Ahmed on Eyewitness News<\/strong> said her explanation to her superiors over her decision to wear her hijab was ignored despite making reference to the Health Minister\u2019s directive on the matter.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”sq4lhgoH0d1pHA6kGNIlrmjH5jBzHFy8″]She narrated that the principal nurse at the hospital earlier last week issued a directive to all Muslim medical officers not to wear their hijab to work.<\/p>\n \u201cAround half past noon [Tuesday], the principal nurse came in and called me. She asked why I was still in my hijab because there was an incident that happened last week. She asked us to remove our hijab which we did so today she asked why didn\u2019t I listen to what she told me\u2026 she asked me to follow her and told me to take my bag along because maybe I may not come back to the unit,\u201d she narrated on Eyewitness News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Habiba indicated that she together with her Muslim colleagues are unsure whether to wear their hijabs to work following the directive given by both the President<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and the Ministry of Health<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026from what has been happening now, it is not really clear because the President has spoken about it, we\u2019ve heard that from the Ministry of Health and now from the Nurses and Midwife Council but it looks like they don\u2019t know anything about it. For some of us, we are really in the dark. I know other Muslim sisters who are a bit skeptic to wear their hijab because of that,\u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n