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| Sadr calls for protests in Iraqi schools, universities against Hijab restrictions abroad | |
| 2026-10-19 | |
| If ever a Islamic cleric needed dying... [Rudaw] Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Sunday called for peaceful protests at schools and universities across Iraq on Thursday against restrictions on wearing the Islamic hijab in some countries, days after condemning new school regulations banning hijabs in Azerbaijan.
He called for the protests to take place on the next Thursday morning, stressign that they should be “peaceful, organized and last only a few minutes” to avoid disrupting classes. Sadr's call comes amid growing controversy over restrictions on Islamic headscarves in Azerbaijan. New school regulations that took effect in Azerbaijan last Monday do not explicitly mention the hijab, but students and teachers wearing Islamic headscarves have reportedly been denied access to educational institutions, triggering protests, arrests and criticism from religious and political figures abroad. Related: Muqtada al-Sadr 06/30/2026 Day 3: Iraq anti-corruption purge continues, 20 more arrested, $75 million seized plus the usual stuff, gov’t gives groups until Sept.30 to dissolve Muqtada al-Sadr 06/27/2026 Iraq picked an outsider to tame Its militias. He may end ip strengthening the system that created them Muqtada al-Sadr 06/05/2026 Iraq’s Sadrist militia, Saraya al-Salam, has begun disarming and integrating into the Iraqi Army in Samarra Related: Hijab 10/16/2026 46 Per Cent of Muslims Would Want to Leave France if Marine Le Pen Elected President: Report Hijab 10/15/2026 Suspected mastermind of worst English Channel tragedy stands trial in Erbil Hijab 10/14/2026 'We decide here!' The hijab law in schools sparked a migrant revolt in Austria | |
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