The East, as you know, is a delicate matter. The countries of this region for the Slavic man in particular and Europeans in general remain a mystery to this day. Nevertheless, we will try to reveal one of the features of Tajikistan, which consists in wearing a hijab.
State repression
Hijab, a thick long beard, a miniskirt - it would seem that can combine all these three words? In Tajikistan, these moments are under the scrutiny of a powerful state machine, which treats them extremely negatively. Simply put, officials are trying in every possible way to resist both traditional Muslim values and Western attributes. Why is that? Let's figure it out.
Take off the scarf! Shave your beard!
At the end of 2018, in Tajikistan, it was planned to ban at the official level wearing traditional hijabs for women. In addition, the country's authorities planned to go even further and set a taboo law on men to wear beards.
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In these matters, supreme leaders have gone to extremes. For example, in September 2018, in the area of the ninth kilometer of the highway connecting Dushanbe and Vakhdat, the police identified and accompanied all the bearded men to the nearest hairdresser. And the head of one of the district administrations of the country, Salokhiddin Rajabzoda, even stated that the beard should be the size of a fist and no more.
As for hijabs, in the fall of 2017, women were forbidden to enter them in any registry office of the country, and in other state instances too. However, such decisions by the authorities have little to do with culture and religion. Experts believe that the abrupt change of course and an attempt to divert the population of Tajikistan from established traditions is connected with the president’s intentions to distract people from big problems in the economy. The country has a very low standard of living; thousands of Tajiks cannot find work at home and are forced to go abroad to feed their families.
