SHAFAQNA (International Shia News Association) �Commemorating the fifth anniversary of Germany�s Muslim hijab martyr, world Muslim women defended their right to choose to wear hijab on World Hijab Day marked on September 4.
�My Allah Loves me, thats y He Send me a gift of Hijab. Thank u Allah #worldhijabday4sep,� a Twitter user named Mrs. Aliya Mansoor posted on Wednesday, September 4.

�Judge me by what's in my head not what's on my head!,� another user named Arooj Kamal, added.

Many Muslims marks the International Hijab Solidarity Day in the first week of September.

A special hash-tag was made on Twitter, #worldhijabday4sep, which attracted hundreds of comments.

The day was first launched by the London-based Assembly for the Protection of Hijab (Protect Hijab) in 2004 to protest a French law banning hijab in state schools.

Defending women�s right to don hijab, the inaugural event of this assembly was held in a conference under �Hijab: A Woman's right to choose�.

Later in 2009, an international hijab solidarity day was suggested to mark the gruesome murder of hijab-clad Egyptian woman Marwa Al-Sherbini by a German racist in July 2009.

The whole scene happened in front of her 3 year old son, and when her husband tried to save his wife, a policeman in the court shot the husband.

Marking the event, a Twitter user named Samar supported the freedom of choice to wear it.

�Hijab is a religious duty and personal freedom,� she wrote.

Sidrah Zahoor agreed in a later post on Twitter.

�My Hijab is the Sign of MY PIETY which I wear with pride,� she wrote.

Islam sees hijab as an obligatory code of dress, not a religious symbol displaying one�s affiliations.

Men Support

The event drew support from different Twitter users, including men.

�All who r against the Hijab should ask Christian NUNS to avoid it. They should let people follow their Islamic obligations #WorldHijabDay4Sep,� Usman Maqsood wrote.

Another user, HEMZAH, attacked those who accuse women donning hijab as coming from old age.

#WorldHijabDay4Sep ...wearing abaya does not reminds me of old age but short clothes always reminds me of stone age !

�FAIZAA IQBAL� shared a similar opinion in another tweet.

�@BushraAamir A women in True and complete Hijab is like Pearl in the Shell #WorldHijabDay4Sep,� he wrote.

�Wearing Hijab Doesn't take you to Pre-Historic Days , But Half Nakedness Does! #WorldHijabDay4Sep,� @faith089 wrote.

The event was also marked by Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami Islamic party.

Hijab has been in the eye of storm since France banned the headscarf in public places in 2004.

By Shafaqna

 

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