Disrespected for Wearing a Hijab

It is hard and scary enough to start at a new school, and even harder when you're just entering high school, but for Ammaarah it was tougher still - she was the only girl in her school who wore a hijab.

She was scared, and nervous, and really felt like she stood out - just different - and she was afraid that people would question her, or look at her strangely. But, to her surprise and delight, they didn't. Everyone seemed to accept her, and she started to feel comfortable.

Later in the year, she was sitting in class and just minding her own business, and a small group of boys were in the corner playing truth or dare. One of the boys came up behind her and ripped her hijab off of her head. He showed no respect for her beliefs or how traumatic the experience would be for her. To them it was a hat or a scarf. To her, it protected her modesty.

She froze - so shocked and embarrassed, but also very upset that her hijab, which was so important to her, had been snatched away. She felt so uncomfortable, so upset, and so she took her jacket off and covered her hair - then ran toward the door to get a teacher or help from someone. BUT, those bullies blocked her path, they weren't done yet, and they grabbed her and tried to pull the blazer off her head. They chanted "Let us see your hair! Let us see your hair!" with hate and discrimination in their hearts. While this might have seemed like a prank to the boys, this was not a prank. It was serious bullying and a show of disrespect towards this 16 year old girl.

The fear was very real to her. She felt attacked, wanted to cry, but just begged them to leave her alone and somehow managed to get to the door right when the teacher arrived. She told the teacher what happened, and how upset she was that people had seen her hair - it was part of her beliefs and very important to her - she didn't know what to do.

She ran to the bathroom and was freaking out, wanted to call her dad, wanted to run away, but she took a few deep breathes and calmed herself down, then put her hijab back on and covered her hair.

When she got back to the classroom all the students were gone except for the boys who had bullied her. The teacher was scolding them, well, actually she was yelling and screaming at them. The boys looked like they were about to cry, and Ammaarah felt that maybe they had learned their lesson.

After a little while everyone seemed to forget about that moment, and Ammaarah made friends and felt comfortable again.

Perhaps those boys didn't know how important it was to Ammaarah to cover her hair and wear her hijab, or perhaps they did and they just didn't like that she was different, or believed differently, but either way, the one thing her classmates didn't forget was how mean and ignorant those boys were and how they disrespected her.

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[nickmj]

Finally, a teacher that does something about bullies

[ulazalyte]

I live in London, and in most schools, including mine, a lot of people wear hijabs. As a Christian, I respect their religion, as we are all equal human beings, and every single one of us is special, no matter the religion.
I love everyone in this world, we are all brothers and sisters ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[magdaislam]

For those who don't know the embarrassment of someone taking off your hijab, the same embarrassment when someone removes your clothes.

[emma]

That’s so disrespectful. 😔
Props to the teacher for actually helping her 💜

[awesomezombi]

actually a teacher that helps solve bullying wow

[Zero-rmnx]

A teacher that actually does her job...

*You found an endangered species!*

[tjfreshboi]

Her teacher: actually punishes bullies
My teacher: Ur not dying, get over it.

[Ace_Star_]

Now that’s just rude. Disrespecting someone who has something that is religious

[meroforlife]

Her teacher: yells at them


My teacher: doesn't let me finnish my sentence

[nugget]

Her teacher: *screams at boys*

My teacher: just ignore and hopefully they’ll stop messing with you

[oliviamann]

I can only imagine the anger her dad may have felt for boys disrespecting a girl like her.

[Christina-bfxr]

Her face when she said “he learned his lesson” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[poohrybin]

Bully: *bullys a kid*
Teacher: ehh

Kid: *bullys a bully*
teacher: detention for 6 hours

[olivianna_leee]

Her teacher: screams

My teacher : ok it’s fine ur not dying

[lcgrmagdamushroom]

Talking about hijabs, I see that no one makes their Gacha characters wear a hijab, so I made a character with a hijab for my Gacha Life music video. Just for all the girls who wear hijabs. ❤️

[rumaysaZluv]

This teacher is what I call a real teacher!

[soupuu]

There is one girl at my school who wears a hijab, yet nobody disrespects her because people wear their religious items like a turban, a bracelet, some decorate their lockers with God's, yet it all is just our culture. So nobody should bully another.
Edit: OMG wow thanks so much for the likes!

[Kayla-ehfb]

That's a good teacher. I feel sorry for that happening to you tho

[HIJABELLE]

Sisters 🌺 the SUN doesn't lose it's beauty when it's covered by the clouds, The same way YOUR beauty doesn't Fade when you're wearing HIJAB 🧕

[mlkshake_]

Finally a teacher that actually does something