DUSAMBÉ, 13 March. (DPA/EP) –
The Government of Tajikistan has created a dress code for women in which they are advised not to wear black or wear Islamic-influenced clothing such as the hijab, Tajik media reported Monday.
In addition, the manual also charges against “European semi-naked clothing” such as synthetics, tight pants, miniskirts, blouses, nightgowns, fine dresses or sandals in public.
It is a campaign called “we dress in the Tajik style”, which will be publicized until May 30 with the intention that women wear the traditional clothing of the Central Asian country, whose images are included in the book.
Most of the nine million Tajiks are Muslims, a religion whose practice is under surveillance because the authoritarian government fears a possible Islamic insurgency modeled on that of its neighbors in Afghanistan.
