By: Est

Est
Wed, 26 Aug 2015 05:20:32 +0000

Muslim women are legally free to wear a hijab under almost any situation. As far as wearing hijabs on the job, there is a reason that certain jobs have dress codes, including sanitation, safety and the branding by which a corporation sells its products. Ford Modeling agency would not hire me or a hijabi because we cannot fulfill the requirements of the job.

Here are my questions to the woman who wants to wear a headscarf on the police force: Are you willing to do undercover work which would require you to take off your hijab? Are you willing to have physical contact with men in the course of your training? Are you willing to have physical contact with men for the purposes of restraint or aid in the course of your job? If not, why should you be hired to the police force? You plan to dictate your behavior and dress in such a way that you cannot fully fulfill the role for which you are being hired.

Muslim women in the West are in an absurd battle to be fully accepted in their hijabs. Guess what? No one is obliged to like you, your religion or what your wear. You have the same rights and freedoms as any other odd dresser in America. You can join Catholic nuns, the Amish, Hasidic Jews, Sikhs and any other number of people who draw curious looks in public, but don’t need to set up organizations to complain about it. Go ask one the Hasids wearing a huge fur hat, knee pants and a long silk coat how he copes with not being able to get a job at Hooters. I’m sure he would have some good advice for you.