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Iranian women arrested for not wearing hijab after yogurt thrown on them
Hijab is a head covering worn by some Muslim women. The use of the hijab has been on the rise worldwide since the 1970s and is viewed by many Muslims as expressing modesty and faith. For example, hijab had been legally mandatory in Saudi Arabia, a very conservative Sunni Islam kingdom, until 2018 but now it is not any longer, thanks to the reforms initiated by the Crown Prince. In Iran, hijab for women was made mandatory after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The current law requires women and girls over the age of 9 to wear a head scarf in public. However, many women have flouted the rule over the years and pushed the boundaries of what officials say is acceptable, including exposing more of their hair and wearing smaller and more colorful head scarves. The enforcement of the law had been somehow loosened under the former administration but recently, Iran’s morality police have been increasingly active and violent in enforcing what the authorities have called the “complete hijab.” However, more women have chosen to show up in public without a head covering in protest. Recently, two women who weren’t wearing a head covering in a store were thrown yogurt on their faces by a male customer, and the two women were arrested after the incident. The Iranian authorities reemphasized that wearing a hijab is a legal mandate for women. How long will Iranian women be required to cover their heads by law? The interpretation of the Quran and implementation the of law seem to be at the discretion of the ruling authority in some Islamic nations.
Read the article and learn about what wearing a head covering means for Iranian women.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/middleeast/women-arrested-hijab-yogurt-iran-intl/index.html
Iranian women arrested for not wearing hijab after yogurt thrown on them
Hijab is a head covering worn by some Muslim women. The use of the hijab has been on the rise worldwide since the 1970s and is viewed by many Muslims as expressing modesty and faith. For example, hijab had been legally mandatory in Saudi Arabia, a very conservative Sunni Islam kingdom, until 2018 but now it is not any longer, thanks to the reforms initiated by the Crown Prince. In Iran, hijab for women was made mandatory after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The current law requires women and girls over the age of 9 to wear a head scarf in public. However, many women have flouted the rule over the years and pushed the boundaries of what officials say is acceptable, including exposing more of their hair and wearing smaller and more colorful head scarves. The enforcement of the law had been somehow loosened under the former administration but recently, Iran’s morality police have been increasingly active and violent in enforcing what the authorities have called the “complete hijab.” However, more women have chosen to show up in public without a head covering in protest. Recently, two women who weren’t wearing a head covering in a store were thrown yogurt on their faces by a male customer, and the two women were arrested after the incident. The Iranian authorities reemphasized that wearing a hijab is a legal mandate for women. How long will Iranian women be required to cover their heads by law? The interpretation of the Quran and implementation the of law seem to be at the discretion of the ruling authority in some Islamic nations.
Read the article and learn about what wearing a head covering means for Iranian women.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/middleeast/women-arrested-hijab-yogurt-iran-intl/index.html
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