page_title: Hijab by country
section_title: Tajikistan
hierarchical_section_title: Hijab by country / Muslim world / Tajikistan
caption_attribution_description: Tajikistan
context_page_description: The word hijab refers to both the head-covering traditionally worn by some Muslim women and Islamic styles of dress in general.
  The garment has different legal and cultural status in various countries. In the Indonesian Aceh province, Muslim women are required to wear the hijab and all women are required to do so in Iran.
  France has banned overt religious symbols, including many religious headcoverings, in public schools and government buildings. Kosovo, Azerbaijan, Tunisia and Turkey are the only Muslim-majority countries which have banned the hijab in public schools and universities or government buildings, while Syria and Egypt banned face veils in universities from July 2010 and 2015 respectively. In other Muslim states such as Morocco, there have been complaints of restriction or discrimination against women who wear the hijab. The hijab in these cases is seen as a sign of political Islam or fundamentalism against secular government.
  Islamic dress, notably the variety of headdresses worn by Muslim women, has become a prominent symbol of the presence of Islam in western Europe.
context_section_description: In 2017 the government of Tajikistan passed a law requiring people to "stick to traditional national clothes and culture", which has been widely seen as an attempt to prevent women from wearing Islamic clothing, in particular the style of headscarf wrapped under the chin, in contrast to the traditional Tajik headscarf tied behind the head.
caption: Tajik woman wearing a Hijab
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