From Reuters “Indonesian city orders Muslim students to cover up,” with thanks to Nicolei.
PADANG, Indonesia – An Indonesian city has told teenage female Muslim students to wear head scarfs as part of an order for students to don conservative Islamic clothes, the first such directive outside the devout province of Aceh.
Fauzi Bahar, mayor of Padang on the west coast of Sumatra, said the ruling applied to all schools in the city of one million people. Non-Muslims should also “adjust”, he said.
The ruling takes effect next month and underscores the growing Islamisation of the world’s most populous Muslim nation — especially in outer regions where local governments have more authority under decentralisation laws.…
Until now, only the province of Aceh on the northern tip of Sumatra requires students to wear Islamic dress…