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Assembly
for the
Protection of
Hijab
124 Harrowdene Rd, London HA0 2JF
Tel: 0044 (0) 208 908 9109
Fax: 0044 (0) 208 908 9108
www.prohijab.net
E-mail:
info@prohijab.net
14th Aug 2004
4th September 2004 International Hijab
Solidarity Day
The Assembly for the Protection of Hijab has declared
the 4th of September as a worldwide International
Hijab Solidarity Day. Muslim women continue to suffer in countries
such as France, Germany, Tunisia and Turkey, to name but a few, where
the Hijab has been banned thus ostracising those who wear it from the
very societies in which they live.
Following the remarkable success of the 17th
January 04 “International day to support the Hijab” in which event
took place in more than 35 countries around the world, the 4th
of September will be another show of solidarity for religious
freedom supporters.
The 4th of
September also marks the return to school of
girls in France, where the ban in academic institutions will commence.
Such a ban will serve to create outcasts of every Hijab wearing Muslim
girl causing untold psychological damage. The show of solidarity on
4th September is expected to provide these girls with
the support and strength in order to fight for their rights.
The issue of the Hijab ban is a live one and with the
continual escalation of the ban, Protect-Hijab thinks it is imperative to
keep it at the forefront. Organisations, individuals and all those
supporting the right of Muslim Woman to wear the Hijab will use
September 4th to show solidarity with all Muslim women
who are being denied education, freedom of expression and basic human
rights and civil liberties.
While in France, young girls are being stopped from
entering school premises wearing the Hijab; in Turkey Muslim women are
being denied medical treatment and excluded from parliament for
wearing the Hijab; and in Tunisia Muslim women are taken to prison and
tortured if they wear Hijab. These are some examples of the
persecution suffered by women simply because they follow a religious
teaching as an expression of their faith.
Protect-Hijab calls people of all faiths and no faith to
show solidarity on the 4th September events
everywhere in the world. The Protect-Hijab campaigns will continue as long
as there are bans against the Hijab in place.
International Hijab Solidarity Day
will be marked in the UK by a picket to take place outside the French
Embassy in London. The gathering is to be an expression of rejection
at the French government’s official ban on the Hijab and that imposed
by other state authorities. Details of the picket are:
French Embassy
Knightsbridge Road, London
12.00pm – 2.00pm
ENDS
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