(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - “We ask all principals in all schools in Bangkalan, be it junior high or high schools, to oblige their female students to wear headscarves,” councillor Sudarmo said, quoted by Indonesia's Antara news agency.
Sudarmo said Bangkalan regency was a “Santri City”. “Santri” is a term for an Islamic student that implies piousness. He said Bangkalan residents were religious and the city had many Islamic boarding schools.
He said the council had passed a bylaw with that specific mandate a year ago, but many students were not wearing head scarves, commonly called the jilbab in Indonesia.
“We want all female students here to wear headscarves,” he said.
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