Tajikistan parliament has permitted the regulation banning hijab known as ‘alien clothes’ forward of Eid al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha imposing penalties for offenders. The transfer comes as a part of the federal government’s steady efforts to curb public show of faith and to advertise Tajiki tradition. It additionally banned Idi, the customized by which kids search reward and cash throughout Eid.The Muslim-majority nation is dominated by varied sects of Islam — Sunni Muslim inhabitants in majority.
Ban on hijab in Tajikistan: All you want to know
Ban on hijab in Tajikistan: All you want to know
- Tajikistan president Emomali Rahmon gave his assent to the invoice to ban hijab, AKIpress reported.
- The decrease chamber of parliament permitted the invoice on June 8, reported Asia Plus.
- The regulation largely targets the hijab, or Islamic head scarf, and different conventional objects of Islamic clothes, which began coming to Tajikistan lately from the Center East.
- Tajikistan sees hijab related to Islamic extremists.
- Penalties for offenders differ from the equal of seven,920 somonis for people and to 39,500 somonis for authorized entities. Authorities officers and spiritual authorities reportedly face a lot increased fines of 54,000 somonis and 57,600 somonis, respectively, if discovered responsible.
- There was an unofficial ban on hijab in Tajikistan for years. The training ministry banned each Islamic clothes and western-style miniskirts for college students in 2007.
- The federal government desires to advertise Tajik nationwide gown as an alternative and performed campaigns for a similar lately.
- Tajikistan has additionally unofficially banned bushy beards. There are current legal guidelines within the nation to limit Islamic prayer to particular places.
- Two years in the past, promoting black garments was banned within the nation’s capital metropolis Dushanbe.
- The official
hijab ban has been condemned by the Union of Islamic Students and clerics in Afghanistan, and by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “Banning the hijab is a violation of spiritual freedom and such bans on non secular apparel should not have any place in any nation that respects the rights of its folks,” stated CAIR director Corey Saylor.
