Texarkana Gazette Texarkana Breaking News. Restrictions on Womens Religious Attire. More countries restrict womens ability to wear religious symbols or attire than require women to dress a certain way. In many countries around the world, womens choices about their attire and appearance are restricted to some degree by government laws, policies or regulations. In recent years, most of these countries have had laws or policies that ban women from wearing religious attire in public places or limit their ability to do so in some circumstances. By comparison, far fewer countries require women to wear particular types of attire such as headscarves or long dresses for religious reasons. As part of its annual study on government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion, Pew Research Center tracks the number of countries where some level of government national, provincial or local regulates the wearing of religious symbols, such as head coverings for women and facial hair for men. Looking at only those laws, policies or regulations that apply specifically to women, the Center finds that 5. About three quarters of those countries 3. Some of these laws or policies applied nationwide, while others were imposed at the provincial, state or local level. One country Russia had policies forbidding women from wearing religious attire in the territory of Stavropol, where Muslim headscarves, or hijabs, were banned in public schools as well as policies requiring women to wear religious attire in Chechnya, where women were required to wear hijabs in all public buildings. Laws or policies limiting womens ability to wear religious attire were particularly common in Europe, where 1. Several European countries effectively banned certain types of religious garb in public places. In France, for example, authorities continued to enforce a law passed in 2. Those who did not comply with a police officers request to uncover their face could be fined or ordered to attend a citizenship class. A similar policy was in effect in Belgium, where police continued to enforce a 2. Violators could be fined andor detained for up to seven days. In December 2. 01. Belgiums Constitutional Court upheld the ban, ruling that it was necessary to protect public safety, ensure equality between men and women and preserve a certain conception of living together in society. In the Middle East and North Africa, four countries Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Sudan had laws requiring women to wear religious attire. Authorities in Saudi Arabia, for instance, continued to require women to wear an abaya a loose fitting black cloak in public. Four Middle Eastern countries 2. Algeria, Egypt, Israel and Oman had policies limiting womens ability to wear religious attire in at least some situations. In Egypt, for example, the government banned female employees of the national airline from wearing hijabs at work until 2. Security forces in Israel prevented some Palestinian women prisoners from wearing hijabs during interrogations. In Algeria, female government workers were allowed to wear headscarves and face covering Islamic veils niqabs, but authorities discouraged certain employees from doing so if it would complicate the performance of their official duties. See U. S. Department of State. May 2. 0, 2. 01. 3. In 1989, amidst mounting scientific evidence, dozens of nations joined forces to sign a treaty aimed at halting the expansion of a massive hole in Earths ozone layer. Algeria. 2. 01. 2 Report on International Religious Freedom. Oman allowed women to wear headscarves in official photographs, but it did not allow them to wear face covering veils. In the Asia Pacific region, laws or policies requiring women to wear religious attire were found in six of the 5. In Indonesia, for example, 7. See Human Rights Watch. World Report 2. 01. Canadian Forces Dress Regulations Female HairstylesMCAC houses two purposebuilt gallery spaces and has been described as one of Northern Irelands premiere art spaces. COMMUNIST KOREAN WAR LEAFLETS. Note This article has been reproduced in part by the Singapore Ministry of Education as a reference document in their curriculum. Hazards news, 4 November 2017. Britain College pays out for stressing out lecturer A college lecturer has been awarded 159,000 in damages in a stress compensation. Ball received a technical foul from a female referee for arguing with her over a call, and then immediately began to pull his team off the floor, threatening to. Indonesia. while Iranian women were required to cover their hair and wear loose fitting clothing in public places. Lego Star Wars Vista Patch. Laws restricting womens ability to wear religious attire were present in 1. Asia Pacific region 2. In India, some schools and colleges in certain areas banned Muslim female students and teachers from wearing headscarves, citing uniform dress codes. See U. S. Department of State. May 2. 0, 2. 01. 3. India. 2. 01. 2 Report on International Religious Freedom. Also see July 1. 7, 2. Hijab May Affect Academic Process, Make Others Uncomfortable. The Express Tribune. Singapore, meanwhile, prohibited some public sector employees, including nurses, front line military officers and employees of certain schools, from wearing hijabs in the workplace. See U. S. Department of State. July 2. 8, 2. 01. Singapore. 2. 01. Report on International Religious Freedom. Also see Nov. 1. 3, 2. Singapore Campaigners Bid to Overturn Hijab Ban. BBC News. In sub Saharan Africa, laws or policies requiring women to wear religious attire were present in one country Somalia where the Islamic extremist group al Shabaab required women living in areas under its control to be veiled while in public in 2. Laws or policies restricting religious attire were present in five countries in sub Saharan Africa. Women in Mozambique were not allowed to wear headscarves in official photographs for identification documents, and girls were prohibited from wearing face covering veils or body covering burqas in public schools. In Kenya, some government schools prevented girls from attending classes if they wore headscarves or other religious attire. This policy affected not only Muslims but also members of the Akorino group, which combines Christian and traditional African styles of worship its followers, both men and women, usually cover their heads. See U. S. Department of State. July 2. 8, 2. 01. Kenya. 2. 01. 3 Report on International Religious Freedom. Also see Namlola, Juma. March 2. 5, 2. 01. Muslim Leaders to Appeal High Court Ban on Veils in Schools. The Nation. The sources used for this study did not detect any countries in the Americas that required women to wear religious dress in 2. Canada restricted womens religious attire. Candidates for Canadian citizenship had to remove any face covering veils when taking the oath of citizenship so that authorities could verify that they had recited the oath. See U. S. Department of State. July 2. 8, 2. 01. Canada. 2. 01. 3 Report on International Religious Freedom. In April 2. Canadian province of Ontario ruled that a Muslim woman had to remove her face covering veil in order to testify in a sexual assault case. The Canadian Supreme Court had ruled in 2. Regulation of religious dress is one of 2. Pew Research Centers annual index measuring the extent of government restrictions on religion around the world. To track this and other indicators of government restrictions on religion, researchers comb through more than a dozen publicly available, widely cited sources of information, including the U. S. State Departments annual reports on international religious freedom and annual reports from the U. S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, as well as reports from several independent, nongovernmental organizations and a variety of European and United Nations bodies. For more details on the index and the sources, see the Methodology for Pew Research Centers February 2. Latest Trends in Religious Restrictions and Hostilities. If an incident is mentioned in one of these sources, researchers may search newspaper articles or other sources for additional details to flesh out the anecdotes used to illustrate the restrictions.