🇹🇯Tajikistan, a 96% Muslim country, BANS women from wearing the Hijab.
Children will also be banned from taking part in Islamic Eid activities, under a new law.
The Tajik parliament’s upper house has approved a bill banning “alien garments”
that will formally prohibit wearing, importing, selling and advertising “clothes alien to Tajik culture.”
This term is widely used by officials to describe Islamic clothing and Hijabs with officials associating the clothing with ‘Islamic extremists.’
Additionally, the bill bans children from participating in celebrations for the Islamic holidays of Eid.
Individuals refusing to follow the new law face fines of up to $740, while legal entities may be fined up to $5,400.
Government officials and religious authorities could incur even higher fines of up to $5,060 if found guilty of violating the “traditions and celebrations” law.
Source: Radio Free Europe