Compulsory hijab: Difference between revisions

====Criticism====

In critique of the view that accepts hijab as part of privacy, the following have been said:

# Clothing does not have only a personal aspect in covering the body; rather, it also possesses a social aspect. Therefore, the issue of mandating women’s social clothing is about social communications and contacts with non-mahram people in the society, not about private life.<ref>Malik Afḍalī Ardakānī, Taḥlīl va Naqd-i Adilli-yi Fardī Būdan-i Hijab, p. 187</ref> According to [[Sayyid Ali Khamenei]], the Shia Marja’ (legal authority), what is done in streets and in the public is actually public activity and education, and creates a duty for the system that has emerged from Islam, and what is made forbidden by the Sharia should not be openly performed in the country.<ref>Statements of the Iranian Supreme Leader in the meeting with maddahs (panegyrists) on 8th March 2018</ref>

# It has been said that even if not wearing hijab is part of privacy, believing in something is different from expressing that belief, and not believing in hijab does not necessarily enable the person to act according to that belief. Clear examples of this are religious minorities who live in Islamic countries, but one of the compulsory rules for them and also for other citizens is not to openly perform what is prohibited in Islam.<ref>Malik Afḍalī Ardakānī, Taḥlīl va Naqd-i Adilli-yi Fardī Būdan-i Hijab, p. 186</ref>  

# It has been said that on the premise of accepting the freedom of expression for everyone, it should be noted that if this right leads to corruption and has negative effects on the society, it conflicts with the right of others to benefit from a suitable religious atmosphere, which is one of the indices of the right to religion and religiosity, and when there is a conflict between individual rights and interests of the society, general interests take precedence over privacy.<ref>Malik Afḍalī Ardakānī, Taḥlīl va Naqd-i Adilli-yi Fardī Būdan-i Hijab, p. 186</ref>  

# It has been said that private matters do not necessarily fall outside the government's authority. For example, crimes such as [[zina]] (unlawful sexual intercourse) are punishable even if they are committed in privacy and with the consent of the parties. This issue is not exclusive to the Islamic society and ruler. Rather, in other societies, governments allow themselves to interfere with private matters, such as the use of drugs or psychoactive pills in the private aspect, as well as the use of safety equipment while working and wearing seat belts when driving.<ref>Ghulāmī, Mas’ali-yi Hijab dar Jumhūrī-yi Islāmī-yi Iran, p. 334</ref>

===Hijab does not have the capacity to be legally required===