Kazan police called on school teachers to report students wearing headscarves

Kazan police sent a letter to school teachers with an appeal report on female students dressing in accordance with Islamic tradition, as well as about their families. The Ministry of Internal Affairs began to check this order.

On April 5, 2019, it became known that the division for Juvenile Affairs of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for Kazan sent to one of the schools a letter asking them to report girls wearing headscarves at school, as well as their families.

“We ask you to reflect in the characterizing material from which time minor (family) adheres to strict religious beliefs (since when did he start (and) wear a hijab)” , the letter says.

In addition, school staff are required to submit documents about the conversation of female students with a school psychologist, in order to establish what directions in Islam they adhere to. The letter was signed by the head divisions of Venera Sabirzyanova.

This announcement caused a wide public outcry. Many lawyers considered such a requirement illegal.

On April 8, the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Tatarstan began checking on the fact of collecting information about schoolgirls wearing headscarves. According to Deputy the head of the press service of the President of Tatarstan, Lilia Galimova, about what happened reported to the head of the republic. She suggested that the document appeared on a personal basis. initiative of V. Sabirzyanova.

Sources

• In Tatarstan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs collects information about students who wear the hijab. The Kazan Kremlin said that this was the initiative of a specific employee // Idel.Reality. April 5, 2019
• In Kazan, an investigation is underway on the fact of collecting information about schoolgirls in hijab // Interfax-religion. April 8, 2019