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DOH JOINS PRC TO PROTECT AND SAFEGUARD ENDANGERED NIQABIS IN THE PHILIPPINES

DOH JOINS PRC TO PROTECT AND SAFEGUARD ENDANGERED NIQABIS IN THE PHILIPPINES By: Gamson Jr Mawallil Quijano Allaahu Akbar3x!!!  This is indeed great news to the whole Islamic Ummah in the Philippines, we thank Allah and we praise Him. Department Of Health-Manila has finally allowed the wearing of niqaab (face veil) by Muslim workers, including but not limited to Students and Trainees in health facilities both private and public across the country. In a DOH Department Memorandum entitled “Addendum to the DOH Department Memorandum 2009-0107-A: Strengthening the Protection of Religious Rights of Muslim Workers, including but not limited to Students and Trainees in Health Facilities, issued by ROMULO A. BUSUEGO, MD, MHA, DPBS, FPCS, PSGS, Assistant Secretary dated December 12, 2012, DOH protects and safeguards the Muslim woman’s religious right to wear the niqaab even inside the specialized areas within the hospitals. “ In accordance to religious practice an