There is a continuous controversy about hijab in the country. Despite 96 percent of the population b

Hijab ban case: There is a continuous controversy about hijab in the country. Despite 96 percent of the population being Muslim, the noose is constantly tightening on hijab.

There are continuous controversies about hijab in the country and abroad. In this regard, the news has come again that the Central Asian country Tajikistan has formally banned the hijab. In this regard, the upper house of the country's parliament supported a bill on June 19. According to the report of Asia-Plus, this bill was passed in the upper house of the parliament, Majlisi Milli, during the 18th session.

Ban on Islamic practice.

 The bill calls for a ban on 'alien clothing' and a practice involving children on the two most important Islamic festivals, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, known as idgardak, which involves children visiting houses in their street or village to wish people on the occasion of the festival. On June 8, the lower house of parliament, Majlisi Namoyandagon, approved a bill banning hijab and idgardak.

Provisions of this law.

According to the report, the law mainly targets the hijab, or Islamic head scarf, and other features of Islamic clothing, as the trend has only recently begun to spread to Tajikistan from the Middle East, after which the country's authorities associated it with Islamic extremists.

Amendment of the Violation Code.

The country's lawmakers approved amendments to the Administrative Violation Code. This new amendment has a provision for new punishment. Under this, heavy fines have been imposed on the offenders. Earlier, wearing hijab or other religious clothes was not listed as a violation in the code.

Promotion of national dress by the government.

According to the report, in recent years, the government of this country has run such campaigns to promote the Tajik national dress. For this campaign, on September 6, 2017, the government sent messages to millions of cell phone users, appealing women to wear the Tajik national dress. This message also said that 'Wearing the national dress is mandatory! Respect the national dress. We should establish a good tradition of wearing the national dress.

Note: According to the US State Department's release of 2009, the population of Tajikistan is 98% Muslim, which includes about 95% Sunni and 3% Shia, followers of some Sufi sects. This largest population is of Sunni Islam religion. (Mainly Hanafi Sunni and a smaller population of Ismaili Shia. It also includes Tajiks with some Sufi sects.