The chancellor of University of Kashan, in central Iran, has said that the University intends to grant scholarship to ten female European students who have been banned from studying in European universities for observing the Islamic dress code or Hijab in commemoration of Marwa El-Sherbini.
Dr. Seyed Javad Sadatinejad added that with respect to the fact that in many European countries female students who observe Hijab are deprived of scholarships they can receive scholarship in the field of law at the University of Kashan.
Marwa El-Sherbini was an Egyptian pharmacist and the mother of a young child who was killed during a hearing at a court of law in Dresden, Germany, by a man whom she had testified against for verbal abuse due to her wearing an Islamic headscarf.
In Europe, France initiated a controversy in 2004 by adopting a bill banning Hijab and religious insignia in state schools and universities.
