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I won't be surprised if you bring your own proof that "WORLD HIJAAB DAY" is not an innovation (Bid'ah) in Islaam.
Sincerely, I won't be surprised because Shaytaan, who is the Ameer (leader) of all innovators also has his own proof for not bowing down to Prophet Aadam when Almighty Allaah commanded him to bow down to him (Aadam).
May Almighty Allaah show us the truth and help us to follow it, and to show us falsehood and help us to avoid it.
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World Hijab Day: Awareness about Women’s Right to Choose

Today marks World Hijab Day. The event will be held across the world celebrating a women’s right to choose what she wears and promoting tolerance and respect for the personal and religious beliefs of others. Given the current climate, World Hijab Day is of even greater importance. Muslims and Non-Muslims must stand up and clearly say that women have a right to choose what they want to wear.

Despite some recent progress, women still face discrimination at work or in their own communities. It is simply not acceptable for others to dictate what women choose to wear for whatever reason. We all have a civic duty to speak against intolerance and also act to work to educate our wider society.

Five years ago, a Muslim woman in New York decided to invite other women to experience what life is like in America when you wear a hijab. She wanted to foster religious tolerance and fight stereotypes about women, who choose to wear the hijab. Since then, the movement has spread across the globe, with women in 140 countries across America, Africa, Europe wearing hijabs for World Hijab Day.

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First marked on February 1, 2013, it has grown globally in recognition of the millions of Muslim women who choose to wear the headscarf. There’s now a World Hijab Day website, a Facebook page and, of course, in a social-media friendly universe, there are also hashtags: #IStand4Hijab and #WorldHijabDay.

This year World Hijab Day becomes important because of the high increase of Hijabophobia and Islamophobia. The day also takes place at a time of renewed concern for religious freedom across the globe following President Trump’s travel ban on people born in predominantly Muslim countries. This comes on top of a rise in anti-Muslim attacks, predominantly on women.

These women will stand together few days after someone walked into a Quebec City mosque and started shooting, killing six people and wounding others. They are gathering at a time when people Lagos State Government is in the court to challenge the right of female Muslim students to wear Hijab. This is coming few days after Lagos Television was on the wrong side of history with the Hijab saga.

“There is this Western stereotype that a Muslim woman who wears it did not have the choice to do so. It is seen a symbol of oppression rather than a symbol of devotion,” one Muslim woman who only wears a hijab when she prays said.

“For me, putting on a headscarf was emancipation because that was the moment that I reclaimed my identity,” another woman said.

A hijab is a piece of fabric that women use to cover their hair. In Arabic, “hijab” means “to cover.” Not all Muslim women wear hijabs and there are many different ways to wear it. Often, the way a woman decides how to wear her hijab for the day depends on her culture and her own personal preferences.



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