As a middle school student, Muslim-American Nasreen Shakur said she was the recipient of taunts and threats from classmates, because she wore the hijab as part of her faith.
It’s legislation aimed at ending discrimination against religious expression for student-athletes and was passed in the state Senate earlier this month.She described the process of getting a waiver to wear the hijab and participate in sports before the bill was passed as “grueling.”
“They made me measure the Nike [swoosh] on my scarf & take pictures of the scarf from every angle, and all this was for safety protection,” Ghazy said.“To see the acceptance and growth that we have in 2022. It’s amazing, because my school is so accepting,” Shakur said. While things are better for her now, she said her time in middle school was one of taunts and sometimes threats from classmates, because of her religion.
“I’m going to rip your hijab off as a joke, or I’d rather have a Christian friend than a Muslim friend,” she said. Shakur and Ghazy say with passage of Bill 181, they don’t have the stress of being singled out again because of who they are.Copyright 2022 WOIO. All rights reserved.
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