Tag Archives: Kuwait  Hijab Or Women Rights In Kuwait?  The
issue of wearing or not wearing the hijab or niqab continues to
excite the interest of those both within and without Muslim
nations. There are two unveiled MPs in the National Assembly of
Kuwait and they are being pressured to wear a hijab when
attending sessions of the lelgislature. MP Aseel Al-Awadhi told
a seminar group “the issue before us today is not about the
hijab–rather it challenges the way we live.” The women are
reacting to an edict from the Fatwa Department which said the
wearing of a hijab is compulsory for all women including those
who are members of the National Assembly.  Female MPs charge
that Islamist extreme groups are attempting to alter the laws
and culture of Kuwait by imposing the requirement that all women
wear the hijab. MP Rola Dashti said the edict was “nothing but
an attack on the principles of the modern Kuwaiti way of living”
and, although others had a right to express their views, “they
cannot enforce restrictions.”  S