About 98 percent of the population in Tajikistan practice Islam. Despite such a large Muslim population, the country’s administration functions formally as a secular government.
Appropriate orders should be issued to all concerned at your level to take immediate action to deny entry to the examination centre to candidates wearing burqa.
The Swiss parliament passed the bill in this regard by 151 votes to 29. Earlier the Supreme Court had given its approval stating that anyone violating this law, would be fined 1,000 Swiss Francs (roughly Rs. 97,000).
The Tajik Government considers extremism its biggest enemy. In recent years, hundreds of Tajik youths have joined the Islamic State. Last year, Tajik terrorists were involved in a terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia, which resulted in over 140 deaths.
Decision taken after protest by the SDPI party. SDPI is the political wing of the banned terrorist organisation, Popular Front of India (PFI).
Fanatic Muslim women are as active in anti-Hindu acts as the fanatic Muslim men. Since burqa is being used in such manner, it must be banned.
In June, so-called human rights organisations such as ‘Human Rights Watch’ and ‘Amnesty International’ wrote to the International Olympic Committee, criticising France’s hijab ban and demanding intervention in the matter.
While the BJP Government in Karnataka and Rajasthan imposed a hijab ban in schools, no such ban exists in Gujarat.
The Congress Government is proposing to lift the ban on ‘hijab’.
2 days ago, Siddaramaiah had announced the lifting of hijab ban in educational institutions. Faced with opposition from Hindu organisations, he gave the above justification to do the damage control.