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In 1983, sharia law was enacted in Sudan, and from 1989, women were forced to wear a hijab whenever they left their home. [63] Since 2019 the hijab is no longer mandatory and there no longer is a modesty law as Sudan has become a secular state. [64] [65] Muslims without hijabs are common but Sudan still culturally follows very conservative ...
A group of Moroccan women wearing headscarves and veils. In Morocco, the headscarf is not forbidden by law, and women are free to choose to wear one. The headscarf is more frequent in the northern regions, small to medium cities and rural regions. As it is not totally widespread, wearing a hijab is considered rather a religious decision.
Reasons for wearing a burqa vary. A woman may choose to wear it to express her piety, modesty, political views, and cultural views among other reasons. A woman may also wear a burqa on being forced to do so by law, such as in the case of Afghanistan during the first period of Taliban rule. [45]
Amini, 22, died on 16 September 2022 in a hospital after her arrest by the country’s morality police over allegedly not wearing her hijab to the liking of the authorities.
Other policies and proposals specifically target the hijab, burka, and similar Islamic headdresses based on them allegedly being oppressive to the women wearing them (a claim countered by many hijab- and burka-wearing women themselves, but supported by many liberal and former Muslim women who do not wear them), or because of their perceived "un ...
The discrimination hijab-wearing Muslim women face goes beyond affecting their work experience; it also interferes with their decision to uphold religious obligations. As a result, hijab-wearing Muslim women in the United States have worries regarding their ability to follow their religion, because it might mean they are rejected employment. [237]
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