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Tajikistan bans hijab and other dress pieces as “alien garments”, forbids Eid holiday, local media reports
➡️ The Republic of Tajikistan, an Iranic Central Asian nation, has officially prohibited the wearing of hijabs and other Islamic dressing garments considered as alien this week, as the country’s parliament passed a new bill regulating Islamic clothing and Eid celebrations.
➡️ The bill, approved by the upper house of parliament, Majlisi Milli, on June 19, comes after years of an unofficial clampdown on the Public Islamic dressing in the Muslim-majority country.
💸 Under the new law, individuals wearing hijabs or other banned religious clothing could face hefty fines of up to 7,920 somonis (approximately $700). Companies allowing employees to wear prohibited garments risk penalties of 39,500 somonis ($3,500). Government officials and religious leaders face even steeper fines of 54,000-57,600 somonis ($4,800-$5,100) if found in violation.
➡️ Tajikistan has seen an influx of Islamic clothing from the Middle East in recent years, which authorities view as linked to extremism and a threat to the country’s cultural identity. In a March address, President Emomali Rahmon referred to the hijab as “foreign clothing.”
👑 The government has long promoted traditional Tajik ethnic dress, specially the ones from Pre-Islamic, Zoroastrian periods as an alternative to the Islamic dressing codes
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➡️ The bill also restricts children’s participation in festivities and gift-giving traditions associated with the Islamic holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
🔥 Pan-Islamic religious and International human rights organizations have criticized Tajikistan’s hijab ban as a violation of religious freedom, with with many Muslim religious groups accusing the Tajik Government of being a Government of Kaffirs (Infidels) for its actions restricting the freedom of Muslims to practice their faith freely
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