Tajikistan’s Hijab Ban: A Deepening Campaign Against Public Religiosity

Manashimaya Tajikistan, a country with a majority of Muslims, has banned the headscarf as a deepening campaign against public religiosity. The Majlisi Milli, the Tajik parliament’s upper house, passed a new rule that forbids “alien clothing” in conjunction with children’s celebrations of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. With the passage of this legislation, the government … Read more