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| Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin demands urgent ban on niqabs |
| 2024-06-30 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The wearing of niqabs in Russia should be banned, said the Chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, at the International Youth Legal Forum in St. Petersburg on June 29. “We urgently need to ban all this,” Bastrykin said. At the forum, a question was raised about whether it is possible to ban the wearing of religious clothing that covers the face in Russia. Raising this topic, one of the participants stated that in Uzbekistan, clothing covering the face is prohibited. As a result, those who cannot wear the niqab in Central Asia move to Russia and wear it here. In response, Bastrykin said that the State Duma could pass the corresponding law. It is unclear why the niqab is banned in Asia, but not here, the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation noted, recalling that he is "not a legislator." The head of the Investigative Committee recalled that Islamists recently carried out a terrorist attack in Dagestan and took hostages in a pre-trial detention center in Rostov-on-Don. Since there is a flow of migrants to Russia, it is necessary to regulate their behavior, including through the adoption of new laws. Niqab is a type of hijab with a slit for the eyes. The face of the woman wearing the niqab is not visible. On May 19, presidential adviser and chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Valery Fadeyev proposed banning the wearing of the niqab in Russia. He recalled that this type of clothing is prohibited in a number of Central Asian countries. Banning the niqab is necessary to reduce the risk of extremism, he explained. In response, the deputy chairman of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Russia, the mufti of Moscow, Ildar Alyautdinov, said on May 22 that the ban on the niqab may not please the countries of the East, with which Moscow is strengthening relations. At the same time, he referred to freedom of religion and observance of religious canons. This statement caused controversy among representatives of the Muslim community. On the Islam. news portal, the author Aidar Bariyev reminded that the niqab has nothing to do with religion, while clothing that covers the face makes it difficult to identify a person. He reminded that wearing a niqab is a custom associated with the need to protect the face from sandstorms in the desert. In Russia, there is no need to wear such clothing. State Duma deputy Mikhail Matveev (fraction of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation) announced on June 11 that he had sent to the government a bill to ban niqabs in the country. He called it a security issue for Russia. On June 20, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon signed laws banning the import, sale and wearing of clothing alien to the culture of the people in the republic. Thus, hijabs were banned. The head of the republic instructed to develop the design of national clothing, adhering to the religious and ethical needs of the women of Tajikistan. |
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