Editing Hijab (section)

==== Muslim world ====
The tradition of veiling hair in [[Culture of Iran|Persian culture]] has ancient pre-Islamic origins,<ref>{{Iranica|clothing-ii|CLOTHING ii. In the Median and Achaemenid periods}}</ref> but the widespread custom was ended by [[Reza Shah]]'s government in 1936, as the hijab was considered to be incompatible with modernization and he ordered "unveiling" act or [[Kashf-e hijab]]. In some cases the police arrested women who wore the veil and would forcibly remove it. These policies had popular support but outraged the [[Shi'a]] clerics, to whom appearing in public without their cover was tantamount to nakedness. Some women refused to leave the house out of fear of being assaulted by Reza Shah's police.<ref>El-Guindi, Fadwa, ''Veil: Modesty, Privacy, and Resistance'', Berg, 1999</ref> In 1941, the compulsory element in the policy of unveiling was abandoned.

[[Turkey]] had a ban on headscarves at universities until recently. In 2008, the Turkish government attempted to lift a ban on Muslim headscarves at universities, but were overturned by the country's Constitutional Court.<ref>{{cite news | title=Turkey's AKP discusses hijab ruling | url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2008/06/200861503343579739.html | work=Al Jazeera | date=6 June 2008 | access-date=6 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801095423/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2008/06/200861503343579739.html | archive-date=1 August 2018 | url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2010, however, the Turkish government ended the headscarf ban in universities and schools.<ref name=":0">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11880622 |publisher=BBC News | title=Quiet end to Turkey's college headscarf ban | date=31 December 2010 | access-date=21 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628151715/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11880622 | archive-date=28 June 2018 | url-status=live}}</ref> The ban for civil servants remains in place.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |author=Ömer Taşpınar |date=1 April 2012 |title=Islamist Politics in Turkey: The New Model? |url=http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2012/04/24-turkey-new-model-taspinar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816032456/http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2012/04/24-turkey-new-model-taspinar |archive-date=2015-08-16 |access-date=7 June 2015 |publisher=The Brookings Institution}}</ref>

In [[Tunisia]], women were banned from wearing the hijab in state offices in 1981; in the 1980s and 1990s, more restrictions were put in place.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=49443 |title=Tunisia's Hijab Ban Unconstitutional |date=11 October 2007 |access-date=20 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720192643/http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=49443 |archive-date=20 July 2013}}</ref>

In June 2024, Tajikistan's parliament passed a bill banning "foreign clothing" and religious celebrations for children during the Islamic holidays of [[Eid al-Fitr]] and [[Eid al-Adha]]. The upper house, Majlisi Milli, approved the legislation on 19 June, following approval by the lower house, Majlisi Namoyandagon, on 8 May. The bill specifically targets the hijab, a traditional Islamic headscarf. This formalization of restrictions comes after years of Tajikistan unofficially discouraging Islamic attire, including headscarves and bushy beards.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Hijab ban: Tajikistan parliament approves bill prohibiting alien garments and Eid celebrations by children |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/hijab-ban-tajikistan-parliament-approves-bill-prohibiting-alien-garments-and-eid-celebrations-by-children-11718932757680.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622012622/https://www.livemint.com/news/hijab-ban-tajikistan-parliament-approves-bill-prohibiting-alien-garments-and-eid-celebrations-by-children-11718932757680.html |archive-date=2024-06-22 |access-date=2024-06-23 |work=Mint}}</ref> In 2007, the Ministry of Education banned both Islamic clothing and Western-style miniskirts in schools, a policy later extended to all public institutions. Minister of Culture [[Shamsiddin Orumbekzoda]] told [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Radio Free Europe]] that Islamic dress was "really dangerous". Under previous laws, women wearing hijabs are already banned from entering the country's government offices.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tajikstan-muslim-hijabs-stop-women-law-headscarfs-central-asia-islam-a7923886.html| title=Country passes law 'to stop Muslim women wearing hijabs'| website=[[The Independent]]| date=September 2017| access-date=28 August 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906141934/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tajikstan-muslim-hijabs-stop-women-law-headscarfs-central-asia-islam-a7923886.html| archive-date=6 September 2017| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.upi.com/Majority-Muslim-Tajikistan-passes-law-to-discourage-wearing-of-hijabs/8371504484941/ | title=Majority-Muslim Tajikistan passes law to discourage wearing of hijabs | access-date=28 August 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072235/https://www.upi.com/Majority-Muslim-Tajikistan-passes-law-to-discourage-wearing-of-hijabs/8371504484941/ | archive-date=29 August 2018 | url-status=live}}</ref>