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The world attention, particularly, those who crave for sanity, justice and fair play, was drawn to the headline of a news story entitled: Britain Moves Against Hijab in Schools, as published in the Friday, January 29, 2016 edition of The Punch newspaper, a Nigerian tabloid.
The news story, no doubt, further exposed The Newspaper's pent up prejudice against Islam and its ideals, including Hijab- the Muslims headscarf.
The story, with all intent and purposes simply exposes the very limited knowledge of the writers (Folashade Adebayo and Motunrayo Joel) the subject they chose to write about. They proved that, as reporters, they are not adequately informed about the subject of the story so much that they could not even distinguish between ‘Niqab’ (islamic veil) and ‘Hijab’ (islamic headscarf).
Professionally, in journalism, ignorance can never be taken for an excuse for murdering facts which are considered sacred. Hence, the cliché which states that: a journalist knows something about everything (other professions) and knows everything about something (journalism- his/her profession).
Hence, if the reporters are not genuinely ignorant about the subject matter, it was obvious they followed their perverted sentiments and allowed their emotions to make them deliberately ignore the principle of accuracy, a key element in news reporting.
The fact that France and few West African nations have called for the ban of Niqab (face veil) or long Hijab due to insecurity doesn't mean the media should join the bandwagon of the ignoramus who need enlightenments from the same media that is now leading the pack in misleading uninformed public; since the core objective of the media is to "report the news as it is" - without subjective or misleading headlines; and with no editorialising or interpretations- to either serve the interest of the writer or its founders/owners.
Follow the link to read full story»http://therenaissanceng.com/the-punch-lied-uk-is-not-banning-hijab
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