JAKARTA, Feb 6 (dpa): An international human rights group on Saturday called on Indonesia to enforce a ban on religious attire being made mandatory for female students in public schools across the country.
Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim announced the ban this week following public outcry after a school in Padang, on Sumatra island, required all female students, including non-Muslim ones, to wear the hijab, or Islamic headscarves.
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