Since 1979 revolution, Iranian women have been forced to wear the Hijab

In Nigeria, Muslims have been citing human rights clauses to justify wearing of Hijab. Can they also cite same human rights clause to free Iranian women from forceful use of Hijab?

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Police in Iran’s capital said Thursday they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe the Islamic dress code in place since the 1979 revolution.

The announcement signaled an easing of punishments for violating the country’s conservative dress code, as called for by the young and reform-minded Iranians who helped re-elect President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate, earlier this year.

But hard-liners opposed to easing such rules still dominate Iran’s security forces and judiciary, so it was unclear whether the change would be fully implemented.

“Those who do not observe the Islamic dress code will no longer be taken to detention centers, nor will judicial cases be filed against them.” Tehran police chief Gen. Hossein Rahimi was quoted as saying by the reformist daily Sharq.

The semi-official Tasnim news agency said violators will instead be made to attend classes given by police. It said repeat offenders could still be subject to legal action, and the dress code remains in place outside the capital.

For nearly 40 years, women in Iran have been forced to cover their hair and wear long, loose garments. Younger and more liberal-minded women have long pushed the boundaries of the official dress code, wearing loose headscarves that don’t fully cover their hair and painting their nails, drawing the ire of conservatives….

https://apnews.com/6677791532f441e8a5bfadb0ef223229

Why will the mods, Mynd44 and OAM4J place this post in Foreign Affairs? Few weeks ago, politics page was saturated with different topics on hijab and they were not placed in Foreign Affairs. Let the same audience see this too

Cc maezara,

Daeylar:
Cc maezara,

Observing!!

The Iraninan Revolution still baffles me up till today. How can the policy of a pro western country change in such a short period of time?

And as usual, women once again became the victims of a patriarchy society. Shout out to those who wore their hijabs loosely and painted their nails . Such women make me proud

This is a step towards the right direction. And there's a revolution now taking place. For the first time since 2009!!! That's insaaaane.

Hope Syrians (even if it seems very unlikely) will somehow learn to be hopeful again.

Nice development. I hope this doesn't result in VIOLENCE. These people can start hacking off heads for the most trivial reasons.

In Nigeria, dressing your children in religious regalia and branding them as members of a particular religion when they're still impressionable and easy to brainwash should also be declared ILLEGAL. You're forcing the children to put on Hijab AGAINST THEIR WILL and making them Muslims without their consent, which is against the provisions the Nigerian Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have made regarding their Fundamental Human Rights.

If it's wrong for the state to force adults, it is equally wrong for parents (the leaders of the government of the home) to force Children to wear the Hijab.

Let them decide when they grow up.

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I hope someone doesn't get assassinated.

I love this, it's perfect

Maezara:
Nice development. I hope this doesn't result in VIOLENCE. These people can start hacking off heads for the most trivial reasons.

In Nigeria, dressing your children in religious regalia and branding them as members of a particular religion when they're still impressionable and easy to brainwash should also be declared ILLEGAL. You're forcing the children to put on Hijab AGAINST THEIR WILL and making them Muslims without their consent, which is against the provisions the Nigerian Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have made regarding their Fundamental Human Rights.

If it's wrong for the state to force adults, it is equally wrong for parents (the leaders of the government of the home) to force Children to wear the Hijab.

Let them decide when they grow up.

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I hope someone doesn't get assassinated.

Daeylar:
I love this, it's perfect

Thanks.

And who said they were protesting Cuz of hijab

SMH

what is your problem with how our women are dressing? did we complain about your sexy dressing? I will take you serious when you remove the one on holy mary and replace it with bikini and pant.

Maezara:
Nice development. I hope this doesn't result in VIOLENCE. These people can start hacking off heads for the most trivial reasons.

In Nigeria, dressing your children in religious regalia and branding them as members of a particular religion when they're still impressionable and easy to brainwash should also be declared ILLEGAL. You're forcing the children to put on Hijab AGAINST THEIR WILL and making them Muslims without their consent, which is against the provisions the Nigerian Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have made regarding their Fundamental Human Rights.

If it's wrong for the state to force adults, it is equally wrong for parents (the leaders of the government of the home) to force Children to wear the Hijab.

Let them decide when they grow up.

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I hope someone doesn't get assassinated.

My problem with you people is your shameless hypocrisy. why do christian parents give their babies christian names like christopher, moses, etc? Did they ask the babies (using your logic)? Why do christians take their kids to church and even flog them when they fail to go? Why not wait until when they turn 18 and allow them to choose whether to go to church or not? You people are very annoying. Always trying to blame others for the same crime you are committing. I live in the north and from my observation, Most of the ladies wear it voluntarily so i wonder what your business is with them. Since the Muslims are not complaining about your extremely indecent dressings in core northern states like Kano then you have no right to vomplain about how they choose to dress. Im not a muslim btw

abdelrahman:
what is your problem with how our women are dressing? did we complain about your sexy dressing? I will take you serious when you remove the one on holy mary and replace it with bikini and pant.

Dont mind the hypocrites. Go to romance section and see how they complain about going to church against their will or paying tithe but they will be here forming human rights activists when it comes to the issue of hijab. Th

FoolishBoy419:


Dont mind the hypocrites. Go to romance section and see how they complain about going to church against their will or paying tithe but they will be here forming human rights activists when it comes to the issue of hijab. Th

they just too hypocrites,muslims don't complain about how they dress in their mini skirt and all their bad dress,but i wonder why they are concerned about ours.

FoolishBoy419:


My problem with you people is your shameless hypocrisy. why do christian parents give their babies christian names like christopher, moses, etc? Did they ask the babies (using your logic)? Why do christians take their kids to church and even flog them when they fail to go? Why not wait until when they turn 18 and allow them to choose whether to go to church or not? You people are very annoying. Always trying to blame others for the same crime you are committing. I live in the north and from my observation, Most of the ladies wear it voluntarily so i wonder what your business is with them. Since the Muslims are not complaining about your extremely indecent dressings in core northern states like Kano then you have no right to vomplain about how they choose to dress. Im not a muslim btw

Lol. I don't blame you, so I won't be giving this the response it deserves, 'cause you wasted your time typing it out of the ASSUMPTION that I was a Christian.