Kuwaiti MPs Win Right Not to Wear Hijab
October 28th, 2009 by Daniel
Kuwait’s constitutional court scored another victory for women’s rights today by allowing women MPs to refuse to wear the hijab. Four voters brought a petition to the court against certain female MPs claiming they violated laws that said female candidates must comply with sharia law. The court ruled that the election law did not specify what women’s obligations were with regard to the hijab, and that the Kuwaiti constitution guarantees freedom of religion and does not discriminate according to sex. Last week, the same court ruled that women do not need their husbands’ permission to obtain a passport.
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