Baku arrests dozens as hijab ban empties schools

Tehran Times · 2026-10-13 17:06 UTC

TEHRAN — “I don’t have a single B on my report card. Is this the respect I get?” The girl standing at the school gate was crying, and the officials in front of her did not move. “Have I ever done anything wrong? And now you’re telling me I can’t enter the school. Why should I have to give up my religion?”

TEHRAN — “I don’t have a single B on my report card. Is this the respect I get?” The girl standing at the school gate was crying, and the officials in front of her did not move. “Have I ever done anything wrong? And now you’re telling me I can’t enter the school. Why should I have to give up my religion?”

Video of the exchange spread across Azerbaijan within hours. Then Instagram and TikTok began failing for many users.

On September 21, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted Resolution No. 309, which bans school clothing that breaks uniformity or conflicts with the “principle of secularism.”

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