#No2Hijab: At a time when Indian Muslims demands Hijab, Iranian women protests against orthodox law

While Muslim women in India are protesting against the decision to liberate them from the orthodox restrictions of the hijab, on the contrary, women in the Islamic State of Iran are demanding the removal of the same practice.

 

 

 

Iranian women have started an anti-Hijab campaign against the Islamic law that forbids women from exposing their hair in public. As a part of the campaign, Iranian rights activists have urged women to publicly remove their veils on the 'National Day of Hijab and Chastify' and breach the Islamic dress code. The women are posting images of themselves removing their hijab to protest against laws.

The government declared July 12 as "Hijab and Chastity Day," which means that activities will be staged to support regulation. It should be noted that, since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, women living in the Islamic State are obliged to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes to disguise their figure.

The anti-hijab social media campaign has been led by US-based activist Masih Alinejad who has been behind several online campaigns in the past decade. She said, "Iranian women will shake the clerical regime by removing their hijab and taking to the streets across Iran."

 

The hashtag #No2Hijab was used in over 76,000 tweets globally on Monday and Tuesday. On the Iranian Tagminer website, the hashtag was listed as the second most popular tag in the country as of Tuesday evening.

Taking action against the campaign, women police have arrested several teenage girls. The Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi described the recent backlash to the hijab law as an orgnised promotion of moral corruption in Islamic society.

Reacting to the revolutionary anti-Hijab protest, many users start taking a jibe at the Indian Muslims who are demanding the hijab law in India. Take a look at what netizens think about the campaign