Protest action in front of the Tajikistan consulate in Istanbul

A citizen of Tajikistan in a hijab was not allowed into the General Consulate of Tajikistan in Istanbul.

According to Turkish media, an incredible incident occurred outside the building of the General Consulate of Tajikistan in Istanbul: a citizen of Tajikistan, who wished to remain anonymous, was not allowed into the General Consulate of Tajikistan in Istanbul because she was wearing a headscarf. Turkish citizens who witnessed the incident reacted sharply to it.

According to the Turkish publication Daily Ummah, a group of Turkish Muslims held a demonstration outside the building of the General Consulate of Tajikistan in Istanbul in protest against the anti-civil and Islam-value-violating law of Tajikistan.

In a video published by this publication, a group of Turkish citizens can be seen gathered in front of the Tajik consulate in Istanbul shouting slogans: “The Islamic ummah does not accept delusion” and “Islamic movement cannot be banned.”

According to Daily Ummah, a witness saw a Tajik woman take refuge in a mosque near the consulate after being denied entry and crying.

“We entered the mosque, the woman was crying. We asked the imam, and it turned out that the woman was Tajik. She came to the consulate, but they did not accept her. She had to take off her hijab. She went into the mosque to remove her hijab. All this time she was crying,” said the witness.

The law of the Republic of Tajikistan “On the Regulation of Celebrations and Rituals in the Republic of Tajikistan,” adopted by the Tajik parliament and prohibiting the wearing of hijabs and holding festive celebrations in Tajikistan, has caused a strong reaction worldwide.

Recently, the president of the influential Islamic organization “International Union of Muslim Scholars,” Sheikh Ali al-Qaradaghi, and the Secretary-General of this organization, Sheikh Muhammad As-Sallabi, addressed an open letter to the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, urging him to put an end to the fight against Islamic values in Tajikistan.

Also, earlier in May of this year, the League of Muslim Scholars based in Istanbul condemned the law banning the wearing of hijabs in Tajikistan. The League of Muslim Scholars noted that the Tajik law prohibiting the wearing of hijabs is a “blatant violation of Islamic law,” stating that wearing a hijab is obligatory (fard) and no one has the right to prohibit women from wearing hijabs. The League of Muslim Scholars called on the Tajik authorities to repeal this cruel and unjust law.