Muslim Association of Malawi backs community in Mangochi hijab gear wrangle

November 5, 2019 Owen Khamula -Nyasa Times 31 Comments

Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) say Muslims in Mangochi are justified to demand that their girls go to school putting on a hijab—a gear covering the head and the neck worn by Muslim women and girls in public places.

The Muslim community wants female Muslim faith learners to be  putting on a hijab

This follows disagreements which have gone violent between the Anglican church and the Muslim community at Mmanga schools in Mangochi over the Muslim gear.

Sheikh Dinala Chabulika, spokesperson of MAM,  said the Anglican management was wrong to bar Muslim students from wearing jihabs at the schools, saying this was religious intolerance.

He said there was need for the ministry of Education to intervene on the matter.

“It is also our wish that this impasse ends. However, we wonder why this is only the case at Mmanga. This should be done by all necessary stakeholders for tolerance and peace to prevail,” he said.

Public Affairs Committee publicist Father Peter Mulomole said his organization is ready to mediate on the matter, saying there was need for urgent need for dialogue between the warring parties.

The Muslim community demand that all school authorities should respect the Constitution and thus allow Muslim female students to put on hijab or dress Islamically in class or around the schools.

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31 replies on “Muslim Association of Malawi backs community in Mangochi hijab gear wrangle”

  1. The conclusion of the matter is: chala chamwini sakandira pa nkholo. Anglican School, Anglican rules and beliefs; Muslim school, Islam rules and beliefs.

  2. Just for your information my Muslim brethren, the niqab, hijab and galabiya are traditional Arab dress and not religious dress. Learn the origins of those properly – osamangopanga zinthu mwa umbuli.

  3. MALAWIANS,WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW IS THAT 95% OF THESE THUGS ARE UNEDUCATED AND FILTHY.JUST WATCH THEM WHEN THEY GO TO THE TOILETS WHITH BUCKETS.FULL OF WATER.WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT WATER IS TO WASH THEIR STINKING ASS HOLES USING THEIR NAKED HANDS AND FROM THERE WOMEN GO TO THE. KITCHEN TO PREPARE FOOD FOR THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.WHAT THE DIRTY HUMAN BEINGS.THEY ARE? ..
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  4. IF HASTINGS BANDA WAS STILL IN POWER,MUSLIMS COULD NOT EVEN OPEN THEIR MOUTHS? ALL THIS PROBLEM IS FALLING INTO BAKILI MULUZI’S HANDS FOR BRINGING THESE ROGUES INTO OUR CHRISTIAN AND PEACEFUL LAND.THIS IS THE PROBLEM OF UNEDUCATED LEADER BUT ALSO,MALAWIANS SHOULD NOT ELECT PEOPLE ON TRIBALISTIC LINE AS WE HAVE DONE ON CORRUPT AND TRIBALISTIC MATHANYULA.I WOULD ALSO ADVSE THE UN THAT MALAWI IS NOT THE PROPARTY OF THE UN THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW EVERY THING DICTATED ON US.

  5. TASIYENI MAKAFIRI ANTHU OSADZIWA KUTAWASA AWA MSETE THOO KUTHAKO KUKAPEMBEDZA MULUNGU MUKAPYSA MOTO MULUNGU ANGALOLE MAPEMPHERO MULI MSETE JOIN ISLAM AND KNOW WHAT IS ALL ABOUT THEN U WILL KNOW AGAIN WHOS YOUR CREATOR

  6. ndale ndi chipembezo ndizinthu zosiyana, lino sidziko lachisilamu. asilamu of late mwachuluka zoyambisa zitopotopo- simuopa kuyambisa zinthu zolakwika chifukwa chipembezo chanu chimakhulupirira kukhazikitsa bata pochita nkhondo. masukulu ngachikhirisitu si achisilamu, mangani anu tiwonw ngati muzalore akhirisitu kupitako- kaye msilamu tsankho!

  7. This is uncalled for. tolerance does not means disorder, it means respecting others as they are in conformity with rules and regulations. Why is it that Moslem women in the army and Police do not wear their hijab? Why would the education system only tolerate Moslem learners to wear the hijab on school? Is Going to an Anglican school in your Hijab tolerance? Is that not an insult?
    Are we going to have all our country rules bent because of Islam? how will the country benefit from such a move? Can our Parliament deliberate on this and choose our country religion and stop all these nosense just like Zambia a Christian country by constitution while Iran an an Islamic country by constitution.
    I believe our Moslem brothers are becoming radical by the day given the series of incidences happening especially within the eastern region and if our country does not stop this anarchy soon we will be in trouble learning from what other countries are experiencing.
    I do not see the reason for PAC to mediate here because MAM has already taken sides. The best if for MAM to respect other people and institutional rules and regulations then they will be respected in turn. Why should Christians student respect your rules in your institutions and still be expected to respect your code of dressing in their own school? It not just on. It just must stop

  8. If they want that they should build there own schools, coz munthu sungalamulire chinthu cha mwini wake, or asiye asakamakaphunzileko basi

  9. Mukungomanga Mi Zikiti M’malo momamanga ma school. Mukuti ana anuwo aziphunzira kuti? Wake up and smell the coffee my fellow Muslims.

  10. Musawalekerere asilamuwa what they want is fighting, they are known of disturbilizing communities every where around the world. they are typical of Bokoharam pls take necessary steps to frustrate their efforts else they take advantage of current political instability to satisfy their evil desires. They preach tolerance yet practice evil. Chabulika remove all you fellow muslims from Christian schools period.

  12. Solution: Build your own schools where the girls can freely wear the hijab from morning to evening. The thing is that the Muslims are trying to demand that which they have no right on. Sukuluyi ndi ya Anglicans and they have their own dictates governing the way the school is run.

  13. While I am for a religious tolerant and non discriminating policy in schools I urge authorities to tread carefully on this issue. I am of view that while hijab can be accommodated in a Christian environment but I have doubts on non muslim dressidressing in a Muslim environments. I know of many Christians students at a girls teacher training college in Mangochi who are forced to put on the hijab against their religious faith. In the spirit of goodwill let the Muslim institutions also reciprocate by abolishing compulsory Islamic dressing for non Moslems. Similarly even within Christian fraternity observation of important holidays and rites are contentious issues. This is why it’s commonly said that when in Rome you do what Romans do instead of faulting them – end of story.

  14. Asilamu anthu oipa inu,ma school mwanu ku Dedza ku Matawale ku Zomba mumachita kukaniza ana akhristu kuphunzila because mumaona ngati sianthu,ma school achi khristu amakulorani kuphunzilako but mukufunanso kubweresa malamulo anu achiluya kuma school achikhristu…anthu osayamika inu

    Even maiko mwanu ku Mecca and other places mumachita kulesa ma church kumangidwa eVen practicing christianity is prohibited but kufuna kutasa maiko mwathumu kumanga mzikiti ndi town momwe mamawa kumakuwakuwa kuitaniza mukauzane where next you would start violence to kill innocent people,anthu oipa inu mukapsya nonse ndi satanic faith yopha anthu

    1. Anti quota. I think ndinthawi yoti uzindikire kuti chislamu ndie ndichipembedzo chokhacho Choona pamaso pa mulungu. Anything else rather than Islam it won’t be accepted in the court of almighty God . Any one who follows any path rather than the path of Islam wll be rejected. So ziri mmalamulo ndithu kuti mtsikana ayenera kupanga cover mutu wake . And even the ministry of education its self anamvetsetsa zimenenzizi ndie inu pomwe pakukuvutani kumvetsa ndikuchita embress ndipatipo? They have to put the hijab anywhere and everywhere under any circumstances..

      NOTE it is the rule of Islam to dominated NOT to be dominated…

      So if your girls comes to our Islamic schools yes they must put hijab and if we come to your schools also we must put hijab too.

      1. Chisilamu sichipembedzo choona pamaso a mulungu thus a total lie.Don’t be fooled wherever you go.Do how Muslims come to Malawi?It was through slave trade and they went blindfolded you mostly Yaos because they discover that you are not educated.Besides,this issue is about who owns the school.And that community school is owned by Anglican hence whoever goes there must adhere to their rules.These Muslims are just showing themselves how dull they are.Even their Secretary Sheikh Dinala Chabulika his thinking capacity is very low.No one can ever dictate the schools runs by these Muslims why do they want to dictate a school run by an Anglican Church?Can give us peace please you Muslims.

      3. Why do you send ana anu achipembezo cjhoonacho kukaphunzitsidwa ndi anthu omwe sali oona? Msukulu za anthu omwe ali muzipembezo zisali zoona? tengeni ana anuwo muzikaphunzitsanapo mukufuna inuzo koma out of christian schools. Cant you see reason on this?
        But dont expect institutions to bow to your conduct in their institutions and dont let your so called beliefs use the backdoor to infiltrate into other christian institutions period

      4. Ankolo musamazinamize kuti chisilamu ndichi pembedzo choona. Christianity has been there over two thousand years while chisilamu chanucho has been less than 1000 year…for your information the following of the the one true and Almighty God has been around for more than five hundred thousand years from the time of Abraham, to noah to kibg david the ancester of jesus, to jesus christ himself who was prophesied to be the mesiah read quran chapter 45 verse 16… it says israel was given the Book of truth, wisdom and prophecy,. And yet yu want us to believ in a five hundred year old region!!!? A religion that only grew because its founder and leader would persecute all those who dont believe!! What form of God do you follow? Chapter 47 verse 4 shows clearly that your religion imposes itself on people to believe or be killed. The God I know gives everyone a chance to study about him and when they understand theywould believe and chose him. Those who don’t he himself will judge on the last day.he never gave a sinful man the power to judge another man.
        Religion is only practised voluntarily.
        Stop learning about God from hadiths which were muhammad’s action’s learn from the book which the quran says was given to the jews.
        Stop judging others for instance you say beer drinkers are sinner yet the quran chaper 47 verse 15 promises the believers rivers of wine, milk and honey.
        Stop saying Christians are polytheists because the quran acknowledges that jesus gave life to a clay bird ( only a God can give life because he is life itself). The holly trinity can be understood well when you read quran chapter 58 verse 22. And you ask yourselves that who is this spirit standing with the angels that the quran is talking about. Thats when youll understand why the quran says jesus is the word and the spirit of God. There’s a reason why the quran said that. Brcause if he was just a man then he should av been or had he’s own spirit not God’s spirit.
        The quran says we sent you the word of God his name is called jesus christ, you will call him the messiah. Messiah is arameik and in english it means ” savior” that means the quran is pointing you in the direction or salvation. Jesus christ.

      7. You stupid fuck! Chipembedzo chokhacho choona? Muzaliratu inu tsiku lomazila mukazazindikira mumapembedza za bodza.

    2. The issue is very simple but can easily cause strife because of some Christians or muslims who follow your line of thinking. This is how the issue should be handled:

      1. If a Christian school is fully-funded by the church, then all muslims must be ready go by the church doctrines when they go there. However, if the Christian school receives government funding and has government-employed teachers and runs under ministry of education, then the constitution of Malawi should be referred to (the constitution allows religious dress in schools). In that case government guidelines should be used. This is because the running of the school is supported by tax-payers money (of which the muslims are also tax payers)

      2. Likewise, If a Muslim school is fully- run by resources from an Islamic organization, then all Christians must be ready to go by the Islamic administration of the school. However, if the Muslim school benefits from the government purse in any way, then it MUST allow Christian students to dress according to their faith. This is because Christians are contributing to the running of those very institutions by paying tax.

      We are seeing all this fighting and arguing simply because of hatred and religious intolerance. Otherwise this is a simple matter to resolve.

    3. Paliponse pamakhala malamulo ngati inu asilamu malamulo apamenepo sakukusangalasani kapezeni malo a school ena muzikaphunzilako not kubweresa chisokonezo kwathu kuno!!! Ma school anu simumalora munthu kuswa malamulo achisilamu pano mukufuna kusokoneza chikhristu?? Chilipo mukufuna inu pa dzana mudakaswa malo amowa pano mukuyamba izi mukufuna kubweresa mavuto mdziko lathu lino mukuona ngati muli ku afghanistan eti ??

      1. Ndikufuna anthu nonse mwalemba ma comment anu apa kuti muwelenge comment imene walemba *LOGIC FIRST* .osamangolemba ndemanga chifukwa mumadana ndi mbali inayo chabe b4 kumvetsetsa.
        *school ya Mmanga is not solely an Anglican school,it was built with the help of the community around it including the muslims ngakhale kuti program yo anayambitsa ndi a Anglican
        *it receives the government funding including employment and payment of teachers that is why there is muslim teachers there.
        *St pauls,St Johns,St Monica kuMangochi ana achisilamu samaloledwa kupitako chifukwa those are completely funded by the catholics while Dedza girls,Mariam girls in Mangochi and the one in Zomba are funded by the muslims.this is different from the case at Mmanga.where evreyone should be acomodate regardless.ndiye ma comment anuwo mudzilemba mukudziwa bwinolomwe kumene nkhani ikuchokela

      2. It’s an Anglican School so who ever goes to the school should respect Christian values.If you can’t follow the Christian values then go to a school where you can practice your religious values,
        When you are in Rome do what the Romans do.

    4. Chisilamu is a consolidation of weak men motivation theories.
      What kind of rewarding is inclined towards sex with many virgins. N what about the Islamic women, r they entitled to any rewards???
      What religion encourages men to help god to fight the heathen or take vengeance. Isn’t god powerful enough to pursue this with his powers?

      Yet u call it a religion of peace..what a bunch of hypnotized hooligans

      1. Kusamba mthupi ndi kutawasa ngati mitima ndiyoipa chonchi sizikupulumusana. Kusamba sikanthu kuli ngati kukometsa manda kunjaku pomwe mkati multi zoola

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