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Mandating Social Hijab in a Willed Islamic Country is Not the Same Thing as the Banning of Hijab in a Secular One

The death of Mahsa Amini and the ensuing media attention on Iran has brought to light the question of whether it is a double standard, on the one hand, to support the mandatory headcovering and modest clothing policy in the Islamic Republic, whilst on the other hand opposing headcovering bans in secular states such as France. The argument boils down to "individual autonomy" and the lack of state's ability to interfere with a woman's dress code.

Mahsa Amini’s Death Feeds the Western Media Propaganda Machine

Without awaiting any investigation presenting evidence for the cause of her death, which took place shortly after she was arrested by the authorities for not complying with the state’s defined dress code, Western media outlets were quick to blow the trumpet of hysteria. These included claims that, “women are waving their headscarves in the air and lighting them on fire as crowds chanted “women, life, freedom,” “death to the dictator,” and “Iran’s demonstrations quickly began to call for regime change”.
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