Tajikistan is going to make big changes to completely curb the growing fundamentalism. The government there has taken a big decision and banned women from wearing burqa and men from keeping long beards in the country (Burqa & Beard Ban). Let us tell you that Tajikistan is a Muslim-majority Central Asian country. It keeps a close watch on the matters related to women and girls and the society. The government there has said that “it will publish a new book to issue new guidelines regarding women’s clothing.” According to the information, this book will come in July. This book published by the government will have a detailed description of what kind of clothes women should wear at what age, on what occasion and where. However, in recent years the government has promoted traditional Tajik attire. Apart from this, clothes considered against the national culture have been banned. Usually, the traditional dress of Tajik women is colourful, embroidered, full-sleeved kurta. It is worn with loose pajamas. Mainly, the government not only wants to promote such traditional clothes but also wants to eliminate foreign Islamic influences. Overall, the government wants to promote Tajik culture.
Ban has been imposed on keeping long beard due to religious fundamentalism (Burqa & Beard Ban)
Actually, the reason behind these changes is that Islamic fundamentalism has started raising its head here. Let us tell you that after the allegations of involvement of four Tajik citizens in the attack on a concert hall in Moscow last year, the government started strict action against Islamic extremism. Earlier in the year 2015, many Tajik citizens had joined the terrorist organization Islamic State. This is the reason that in view of these incidents, the Tajikistan government has taken this decision. Not only this, President Emamali Rahmon, who has been in power since 1992, had earlier also described the Islamic hijab as a problem for the society and appealed to women to wear clothes in Tajik style. Not only this, in order to curb religious fanaticism, the government has also informally banned keeping long beard in the country (Burqa & Beard Ban).
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Despite having a large number of Muslims, the government here keeps a close watch on Islamic influences (Burqa & Beard Ban)
Tajikistan, with a population of about one crore, is a small mountainous country in Central Asia which is completely landlocked. Talking about its borders, it shares its borders with four countries. Kyrgyzstan is in the north, Uzbekistan in the west, Afghanistan in the south, China in the east. Let us tell you that Tajikistan is a Muslim majority country. 98 percent of the population in this country follows Islam. About 85 to 90 percent of them are Sunni Muslims and about 7 to 10 percent are Shia. It is worth noting that despite such a large number of Muslims, the government here is not only formally a secular government but also keeps a strict watch on Islamic influences (Burqa & Beard Ban). The interesting thing amidst all this is that the government of a country with 98 percent Muslim population will now tell through a book when and what kind of dress women should wear.
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