The Ministry of the Supreme Religious Authority, Imam al-Sistani, in response to a question about preventing female students from wearing the hijab in their schools in an Islamic country: The answer: A personal need is not enough if a serious specific injury causes compliance with the obligation to leave the hijab, which harms the cultural identity of the society and the persistence of the authorities in their attempts to erase its Islamic traditions. This must be taken into account, and to God is the complaint.