Azerbaijan’s school hijab ban triggers student boycotts and protests

Azerbaijan’s government barred school clothing seen as violating secularism, indirectly hitting the hijab, in a mostly Muslim country.
Some schools turned away students and teachers, and two saw class boycotts, while a jailed journalist began a hunger strike.
Protests spread to Turkiye, and President Ilham Aliyev warned against interfering with Azerbaijan’s lifestyle.
Turkish President Erdogan told the UN on 23 September that Muslim women face increasing discrimination.

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