‘If not made to wear hijab, women may roam streets naked in summers’: Iran cleric warns
1 year, 10 months ago

‘If not made to wear hijab, women may roam streets naked in summers’: Iran cleric warns

Firstpost  

Mohammad Nabi Mousavifard said that the government should not back down in enforcing the hijab mandate Tehran: An Iranian cleric has asked authorities to ensure every woman wears the hijab before they come out “naked” during summer. “People and social service providers should stop giving services to people without hijab; People should give women with improper hijab warnings and not be indifferent, otherwise they will come to the street naked in the summer,” the cleric added. Imam says less rain result of women without hijab Last month, An Iranian imam blamed women who don’t wear hijab for the lack of rainfall in the country which has in turn triggered a water crisis. Mohammed-Mehdi Hosseini Hamedani, a close aide of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, said that by breaking the mandatory rule of wearing a hijab, women in the Islamic Republic have “caused a lack of precipitation across the country.” The imam further emphasised that all those who don’t wear a headscarf must be confronted by the state.

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Iran puts new stricter hijab law for women on hold: ‘Not feasible at the moment'
6 days, 10 hours ago

Iran puts new stricter hijab law for women on hold: ‘Not feasible at the moment'

Firstpost  

The controversial law, which was approved by the parliament in September 2023, will not be sent to the government as planned this week, according to one of the country’s vice presidents Iran has paused the process of implementing a new, stricter law on women’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, an official said — a bill that many believe could have reignited …

Iran pauses process to implement stricter headscarf law for women
6 days, 14 hours ago

Iran pauses process to implement stricter headscarf law for women

LA Times  

Iran has paused the process of implementing a stricter law on women’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, an official said — a bill that many believe could have reignited the protests that engulfed the Islamic Republic after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini. The law levies harsher punishments for women who refuse to wear the hijab and for businesses that serve …

Iran pauses the process to implement a new, stricter headscarf law for women, official says
6 days, 19 hours ago

Iran pauses the process to implement a new, stricter headscarf law for women, official says

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has paused the process of implementing a new, stricter law on women’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, an official said — a bill that many believe could have reignited the protests that engulfed the Islamic Republic after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini. The law levies harsher punishments for women who refuse to wear the hijab and …

How Iran’s hijab ‘treatment clinics’ use mental illness to control women
1 week, 2 days ago

How Iran’s hijab ‘treatment clinics’ use mental illness to control women

Firstpost  

Iran is using psychiatry to curb dissent by sending women who refuse to wear the Islamic headscarf to ‘hijab removal treatment clinics’. It is a historical tactic to use mental illness to ‘treat’ women who challenge the system Iranian women walk on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023. File Photo/Reuters …

How Iran's new chastity law makes life even more difficult for women
2 weeks, 4 days ago

How Iran's new chastity law makes life even more difficult for women

Firstpost  

Iran’s new hijab and chastity law has spurred much outrage from women, criticism from activists and opposition from its reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian. Iran’s Parliament passed the “Hijab and Chastity” Bill to much outrage from women and criticism from activists. As per Iran Primer, women have to get a judge’s order for a divorce, while a man can simply declare …

Flogged for refusing to wear hijab: Iranian woman who defied strict Islamic dress code shows off horrifying injuries after being lashed by Iranian guards
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Flogged for refusing to wear hijab: Iranian woman who defied strict Islamic dress code shows off horrifying injuries after being lashed by Iranian guards

Daily Mail  

This horrific video shows the injuries an Iranian woman sustained after she was viciously flogged by guards more than 70 times when she refused to abide by the nation's strict Islamic dress code laws. Image shows a massive bruise on the woman's back as she holds a slogan that says: 'Woman, Life, Freedom' Footage shows how the woman's entire back …

Iran passes controversial ‘chastity’ law imposing even harsher dress restrictions. The president doesn’t like it
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Iran passes controversial ‘chastity’ law imposing even harsher dress restrictions. The president doesn’t like it

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a weekly look inside the region’s biggest stories. CNN — Iran’s parliament has enacted a harsh new modesty law, significantly tightening existing dress restrictions that have already fueled nationwide protests and posed a serious challenge to regime stability. Two years after protests against Iran’s …

Iran’s women going without hijabs as 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death approaches
3 months, 1 week ago

Iran’s women going without hijabs as 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death approaches

The Hindu  

On the streets of Iranian cities, it's becoming more common to see a woman passing by without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, as the second anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the mass protests it sparked approaches. This defiance comes despite what United Nations investigators described as “expanded repressive measures and policies” by Iran's theocracy to punish them …

Women in Iran are going without hijabs as the 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death approaches
3 months, 1 week ago

Women in Iran are going without hijabs as the 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death approaches

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This defiance comes despite what United Nations investigators describe as “expanded repressive …

Iran presses on with crackdown over headscarf ahead of Presidential polls
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran presses on with crackdown over headscarf ahead of Presidential polls

The Hindu  

Almost every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with loose headscarves and those who dare not to wear them at all. Iran’s national police chief, Gen. Ahmad Reza Radan, has alleged without providing evidence that the country’s enemies plan to transform the nation’s culture by encouraging women to avoid …

As Iran’s presidential vote looms, tensions boil over renewed headscarf crackdown
5 months, 4 weeks ago

As Iran’s presidential vote looms, tensions boil over renewed headscarf crackdown

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Seemingly every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with loose headscarves and those who dare not to wear them at all. Iran’s national police chief, Gen. Ahmad Reza Radan, has alleged without providing evidence that the country’s enemies plan to transform the nation’s culture …

Iran's hardliners employ female 'hijab enforcers' to spy on bare-headed women and bundle them into vans for interrogation in new crackdown
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran's hardliners employ female 'hijab enforcers' to spy on bare-headed women and bundle them into vans for interrogation in new crackdown

Daily Mail  

Iran's hardliners have employed female 'hijab enforcers' to spy on bare-headed women and bundle them into vans for interrogation amid a new crackdown. Footage shows an Iranian 'hijab enforcer' confronting women for wearing fitted trousers Iran's morality police have intensified their enforcement of the country's draconian hijab restrictions in several cities over the past week, with footage emerging from the …

Iran's violent new hijab crackdown is caught on camera with women bundled into vans by 'morality police' and victims claiming they have been brutally beaten and sexually assaulted
8 months ago

Iran's violent new hijab crackdown is caught on camera with women bundled into vans by 'morality police' and victims claiming they have been brutally beaten and sexually assaulted

Daily Mail  

Iran's so-called 'morality police' have intensified their enforcement of the country's draconian hijab restrictions in several cities over the past week. Iran 's morality police have intensified their enforcement of the country's draconian hijab restrictions in several cities over the past week, with footage emerging from the country of officers rounding up women and bundling them into white vans Suspected …

UN demands Iran drop 'demeaning' new hijab law
1 year, 3 months ago

UN demands Iran drop 'demeaning' new hijab law

The Hindu  

The UN called Friday on Iranian authorities to scrap a new law that dramatically increases penalties for women who flout strict Islamic dress code, describing it as "repressive and demeaning". The United Nations rights office said it deeply regretted the passage of the so-called Chastity and Hijab Bill, which threatens Iranian women who flout the strict Islamic dress code mandating …

Iran’s parliament approves ‘hijab bill’; harsh punishments for violations
1 year, 3 months ago

Iran’s parliament approves ‘hijab bill’; harsh punishments for violations

Al Jazeera  

The bill defines an array of punishments for violators of a mandatory dress code, including fines and prison terms. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s parliament has passed a new “hijab and chastity” bill that lays out punishment for people, especially women, who violate the country’s mandatory dress code rules. The legislation defines new frameworks for how Iranians, especially women, need to …

A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab protests; Now businesses are a new battleground
1 year, 4 months ago

A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab protests; Now businesses are a new battleground

The Hindu  

For months, Iranian authorities did little to enforce the law on women covering their hair but now the country’s theocracy is pushing to make businesses the new battleground over the mandatory headscarf. “Instead of addressing people’s legitimate grievances, the regime continues to obsess over the hijab and act as if its very survival depends on whether women dress modestly,” said …

A year ago, an Iranian woman’s death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground
1 year, 4 months ago

A year ago, an Iranian woman’s death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — For months, Iranian authorities did little to enforce the law on women covering their hair but now the country’s theocracy is pushing to make businesses the new battleground over the mandatory headscarf. “Instead of addressing people’s legitimate grievances, the regime continues to obsess over the hijab and act as if its very survival depends on whether women …

Hijab rule: Iran sending women for psychological treatment for defying Hijab
1 year, 4 months ago

Hijab rule: Iran sending women for psychological treatment for defying Hijab

Live Mint  

A protest that spread like a wildfire after the death of Mhasa Amini under the custody of Iran's moral police, has now forced the Iranian government to resort to psychological treatment implement its Hijab rule. In another case of punishment by Tehran court a woman was sentenced to two months in prison and six months of psychological treatment for “a …

Iran's morality police back on streets months after anti-hijab protests
1 year, 5 months ago

Iran's morality police back on streets months after anti-hijab protests

India Today  

Iran's morality police were back on the streets of various cities, including the capital Tehran, across the country, to enforce the mandatory hijab rules. Morality police personnel patrol the streets of the cities in Iran and enforce the strict dress code for women, including the hijab and other clothing, which are not revealing. IRAN'S DREADED MORALITY POLICE The morality police …

Iran’s morality police return after protests in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress on women
1 year, 5 months ago

Iran’s morality police return after protests in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress on women

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf and morality police returned to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests. The morality police had largely pulled back following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September, as authorities …

Iran’s ‘morality police’ return as authorities enforce hijab rule
1 year, 5 months ago

Iran’s ‘morality police’ return as authorities enforce hijab rule

Al Jazeera  

Tehran, Iran – Iran has relaunched patrols by the so-called morality police as authorities escalate their efforts to enforce the country’s mandatory hijab rules. The morality police would “issue warnings and then introduce to the judicial system people who unfortunately insist on their norm-breaking behaviour without concern for the consequences of their covering that is outside of the norm”, he …

As more women forgo the hijab, Iran’s government pushes back
1 year, 7 months ago

As more women forgo the hijab, Iran’s government pushes back

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Billboards across Iran’s capital proclaim that women should wear their mandatory headscarves to honor their mothers. In early April, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared that “removing hijab is not Islamically or politically permissible.” Khamenei claimed women refusing to wear the hijab are being manipulated. If they know about this, they will definitely not take part …

Iran charges two actresses for not wearing hijab
1 year, 7 months ago

Iran charges two actresses for not wearing hijab

Al Jazeera  

Businesses also shut down after offering services to women not wearing headscarves deemed appropriate by government, as crackdown continues. Tehran, Iran – Two renowned actresses in Iran have been charged for not wearing headscarves, as authorities intensify efforts to crack down on people violating the country’s mandatory hijab laws. A growing number of women across Iran have abandoned their mandatory …

Iran pledges to take strict action against people who promote removing the veil
1 year, 8 months ago

Iran pledges to take strict action against people who promote removing the veil

India Today  

People who encourage women to remove the hijab will be prosecuted in criminal courts and will have no right of appeal against any conviction, Iran's deputy attorney general was quoted as saying on Saturday. Iranian police on Saturday installed cameras in public places to identify and penalise unveiled women, Iranian media reported. "The crime of promoting unveiling will be dealt …

Iranian women post images without hijabs despite crackdown
1 year, 8 months ago

Iranian women post images without hijabs despite crackdown

Al Jazeera  

Tehran, Iran – Scores of Iranian women are posting images of themselves online while not wearing the hijab, as a police deadline for cracking down on violators of the country’s compulsory dress code is approaching. A growing proportion of women in Iran have abandoned their mandatory hijabs since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country’s …

WATCH: Man pours yoghurt on Iranian women for not wearing hijab
1 year, 8 months ago

WATCH: Man pours yoghurt on Iranian women for not wearing hijab

Firstpost  

Iranian authorities ordered the arrest of two women, the judiciary said Saturday, after a viral video appeared to show them being attacked by a man for not wearing the hijab Tehran: A video of a man attacking two women with yoghurt for not wearing the mandatory hijab in Iran has gone viral on social media. Watch the video here: You …

Hijab is the law in Iran as unveiled women face 'yoghurt attack', says President Ebrahim Raisi
1 year, 8 months ago

Hijab is the law in Iran as unveiled women face 'yoghurt attack', says President Ebrahim Raisi

India Today  

President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday that the hijab was the law in Iran after a viral video showed a man throwing yoghurt at two unveiled women in a shop near a holy Shi'ite Muslim city. READ | Iran's Anti-hijab movement to Afghanistan's Taliban rule Risking arrest for defying the obligatory dress code, women are still widely seen unveiled in …

Iran’s Raisi says hijab is the law as women face ‘yoghurt attack’
1 year, 8 months ago

Iran’s Raisi says hijab is the law as women face ‘yoghurt attack’

Al Jazeera  

Iranian president says hijab is the law after viral video shows man throwing yoghurt at uncovered women in Mashhad. President Ebrahim Raisi has said that the hijab is “a legal matter” in Iran after a viral video appeared to show a man throwing yoghurt at two uncovered women in a shop near a holy Shia Muslim city. Judicial authorities in …

Women flouting hijab mandate to face $60,000 fine in Iran
1 year, 8 months ago

Women flouting hijab mandate to face $60,000 fine in Iran

Firstpost  

The penalties will apply to women who are caught flouting the mandatory hijab rule in public spaces like restaurants, government offices, schools and universities Tehran: Women in Iran will have to pay a fine of $60,000 for flouting the country’s hijab mandate after a new law to enforce strict dress codes is passed by the parliament. The penalties will apply …

Iran tightens grip on hijab rules, tells women to wear headscarf even in cars
1 year, 11 months ago

Iran tightens grip on hijab rules, tells women to wear headscarf even in cars

Live Mint  

Even as protests refuse to die down in Iran, concerning the stringent rule of wearing hijab for women, the Iranian police has said that women must cover their heads even in their cars, media reported Monday. Since 16 September, massive protests have gripped the nation after the death of Iranian-Kurdish Amini, after her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach …

Confusion over Iran's religious police as women drop hijab
2 years ago

Confusion over Iran's religious police as women drop hijab

The Independent  

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Women’s choice: a threat to Iranian state
2 years, 2 months ago

Women’s choice: a threat to Iranian state

The Hindu  

In the propagation of the myth of all-round vulnerability of women lies the strength of the Iranian state. The slightest sign of digression, let alone defiance, as in the case of Mahsa Amini who was arrested by morality police for dress code violation, is considered a challenge to age-old male hegemony. At a time when Iranian women are beginning to …

'Zan, Zendegi, Azadi': Iranian schoolgirls throw away mandatory hijabs, demand freedom from Islamist regime
2 years, 2 months ago

'Zan, Zendegi, Azadi': Iranian schoolgirls throw away mandatory hijabs, demand freedom from Islamist regime

Op India  

As the protests against the death of Mahsa Amini gather steam in Iran, now thousands of schoolgirls have joined in to demand freedom from the mandatory hijab laws in the Islamic country. This is days after an Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini was apprehended and brutally beaten by the ‘morality police’ for not complying with the mandatory hijab laws of …

The death of Mahsa Amini and the truth about the hijab
2 years, 2 months ago

The death of Mahsa Amini and the truth about the hijab

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The latter often occurs in the …

Hijab hypocrisy: Iran, Mahsa Amini and the double standards of Islamic countries
2 years, 2 months ago

Hijab hypocrisy: Iran, Mahsa Amini and the double standards of Islamic countries

Firstpost  

On 18 February this year, a group of Iranian students demonstrated in front of the Indian embassy in Tehran to demand that girls should be allowed to wear the hijab in Karnataka colleges despite the prohibitions of prescribed uniforms. These anti-establishment demonstrations were triggered because of the death on 16 September of a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, while she …

How Iran protests against hijab rule has called for action across the Arab world
2 years, 2 months ago

How Iran protests against hijab rule has called for action across the Arab world

Firstpost  

In the Arab world, including in Iraq, the protests have attracted attention and women are gathering online to offer solidarity to Iranian women struggling under the country’s harsh theocratic regime Iranian authorities have cracked down on protests which erupted after the death in custody of a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by the morality police for not wearing the hijab …

Iranian Women Roar Against Hijab Rules After Mahsa Amina's Death: News18 Explains Row & Protests
2 years, 3 months ago

Iranian Women Roar Against Hijab Rules After Mahsa Amina's Death: News18 Explains Row & Protests

News 18  

As public anger rises in Iran, three deaths were reported during the protests over the death of a young woman who had been arrested by the “morality police,” who enforce a strict dress code. Protesters marched down Hijab Street, or “headscarf street,” in central Tehran, denouncing the morality police, according to the ISNA news agency. According to a statement issued …

Iran Hijab Row : Watch this Detailed report on Hijab Controversy | Mahsa Amini
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran Hijab Row : Watch this Detailed report on Hijab Controversy | Mahsa Amini

ABP News  

The death of a 22-year-old woman following arrest by Tehran's "morality police" during a visit to the capital on September 13 has triggered fresh protests in Iran. Protesters took to Hijab Street or "headscarf street" in central Tehran protesting against the morality police, the ISNA news agency reported. Police Response Tehran police chief General Hossein Rahimi said on Monday that …

Iran Hijab Row: Why is there an objection of wearing Hijab in Islamic country? | Panchnama
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran Hijab Row: Why is there an objection of wearing Hijab in Islamic country? | Panchnama

ABP News  

Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, representing some of the petitioners challenging the Karnataka High Court judgement on hijab, on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the hijab adds dignity and makes a woman very dignified when she wears it, like a Hindu woman who covers her head - it is very dignified. A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia …

Karnataka Government needs to justify the restraint on wearing hijabs, says petitioners’ counsel
2 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka Government needs to justify the restraint on wearing hijabs, says petitioners’ counsel

The Hindu  

Karnataka has to first prove how forbidding hijab among students affects the sovereignty and integrity of India, its security or friendly relations with foreign states or even public order, decency or morality, the Sharia Committee of Women argued against the ban on Muslim girls wearing hijab to school. “Wearing of hijab does not confer any special benefit to the Muslim …

Iran: Teenage girls arrested for not wearing hijab during skateboarding event
2 years, 5 months ago

Iran: Teenage girls arrested for not wearing hijab during skateboarding event

Op India  

Iranian officials have reportedly arrested a number of juvenile girls and others for not wearing hijabs during a skateboarding event in Shiraz, a city in southern Iran. A video purportedly depicting Tuesday’s ‘Go Skateboarding Day’ celebration on Chamran Boulevard in Shiraz went viral on social media in Iran, infuriating orthodox religious conservatives in a country where all women and young …

Iranian journalist's appeal for women after Taliban's hijab rule goes viral. Watch video
2 years, 7 months ago

Iranian journalist's appeal for women after Taliban's hijab rule goes viral. Watch video

India Today  

Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad retweeted a video on Twitter on May 8 wherein she urged people around the world to protest against Taliban’s order for women in Afghanistan to “wear head-to-toe clothing.” Alinejad, who has been peacefully protesting against Iran’s compulsory public hijab law for women and girls, retweeted the video from January 18 after the decree was …

Head-on | Beyond the hijab: Modernising the Muslim mind
2 years, 9 months ago

Head-on | Beyond the hijab: Modernising the Muslim mind

Firstpost  

The hijab is an instrument in the hands of one-eyed clerics who want to keep their flock blind. By arguing that the hijab is obligatory under Islam and protected by Article 25 of the Constitution which guarantees freedom of religion, the petitioners are deliberately misinterpreting Article 25. The first alienation: Peer pressure would force increasing numbers of Muslim women to …

Quran does not mandate women to wear hijab: A-G argues in HC
2 years, 10 months ago

Quran does not mandate women to wear hijab: A-G argues in HC

The Hindu  

Contending that allowing any religion to compel a woman to wear a particular type of dress would violate liberty and individual dignity of the woman, State Advocate-General on Tuesday argued before the High Court of Karnataka that Quran does not mandate women to wear headscarf or hijab. The A-G submitted copies of ‘The Holy Quran: Text Translation and Commentary’ by …

'Women get raped when they don't wear Hijab': Cong leader's shocker on Karnataka controversy | Watch
2 years, 10 months ago

'Women get raped when they don't wear Hijab': Cong leader's shocker on Karnataka controversy | Watch

India TV News  

Highlights Congress leader Zameer Ahmed said that women get raped when they don't wear Hijab. He said that women get raped when they don't wear Hijab. "Hijab means 'Parda' in Islam.to hide the beauty of women.women get raped when they don't wear Hijab," the Congress leader had said in Hubli. The Hijab protests began on February 4 at the Government …

If girls can attend colleges ‘topless’, why question burqa: Maulana Sajid Rashidi
2 years, 10 months ago

If girls can attend colleges ‘topless’, why question burqa: Maulana Sajid Rashidi

Op India  

Adding to the ongoing burqa and hijab controversy in Karnataka colleges, Maulana Sajid Rashidi, the President of All India Imam Association, on February 10 affirmed that the hijab is the dress code of Islam and that the women should stay in purdah to keep themselves safe and protected in society. He said that following religion is the fundamental right of …

Lesson from Iran: When It Starts with Hijab, It Doesn’t End Too Well for Women Empowerment
2 years, 10 months ago

Lesson from Iran: When It Starts with Hijab, It Doesn’t End Too Well for Women Empowerment

News 18  

This week’s events in Indian state of Karnataka have come as a huge shock for those who have witnessed counter-movements against imposition of hijab across the world. In a series of events that have now turned violent, a section of female students at Women’s PU College in Udupi, Karnataka first started protesting against their college administration for not allowing them …

No proposal on hijab, says senior MP minister after colleague ignites a row
2 years, 10 months ago

No proposal on hijab, says senior MP minister after colleague ignites a row

Hindustan Times  

BHOPAL: There is no controversy over the hijab, a headscarf worn by Muslim women, in Madhya Pradesh and there is no proposal in this connection before the state government, MP home minister Narottam Mishra said on Wednesday, a day after the state’s school education minister Inder Singh Parmar called for a ban on hijab from the state’s schools. MP home …

Udupi Hijab Controversy: Should a Muslim Woman Necessarily Wear a Hijab, Asks Zakia Soman
2 years, 10 months ago

Udupi Hijab Controversy: Should a Muslim Woman Necessarily Wear a Hijab, Asks Zakia Soman

News 18  

Recently, we saw disturbing reports about a group of teenager Muslim girls in hijab being denied entry into classroom by their educational institute in Udupi, Karnataka. Just as Hindu women and indeed men too must question the diktats on bindi or against jeans, similarly Muslim women too should reflect on the fundamentals of hijab. But should a Muslim woman necessarily …

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