Photos of Iranian men wearing hijabs go viral on social media.
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Published: Tue 2 Aug 2016, 4:02 PM
Iranian men are making headlines all over the world for a very unique reason - wearing a hijab or head scarf. But why are they wearing the hijab? Apparently, the men are sporting the hijab look in a display of solidarity with women across the country who are forced to cover their heads in public, The Independent reported.
Wearing a headscarf is strictly enforced by so-called 'morality police' in Iran and has been since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Women who do not wear a hijab or are deemed to be wearing 'bad hijab' by having some of their hair showing face punishments ranging from fines to imprisonment - The Independent
The country enforces the hijab by telling women that they are putting themselves at risk of unwanted sexual advances from men. In recent times, women have hit back against enforced hijab with protests across the country and some have resorted to shaving their hair. Over the past week, photos of men - wearing hijabs went viral online - with their wife or female relative next to them who have their hair uncovered. According to The Independent, the unique campaign was in response to a call by Masih Alinejad, an Iranian activist and journalist living in New York, who is urging men to support her campaign against enforced hijab. Alinejad runs the My Stealthy Freedom campaign. She has asked men to support her campaign with the #meninhijab hashtag and by sharing pictures with their heads covered while women pose without hijabs. Men have been since uploading photos on social media, including Facebook, Twitter Instagram. "Most of these men are living inside Iran and they have witnessed how their female relatives have been suffering at the hands of the morality police and humiliation of enforced hijab," she told The Independent. Commenting on one man's photo, Alinejad said:
'One man sent in a picture of himself [above] wearing his cousin's headscarf. In the caption, he wrote: "When my female cousins saw that I was wearing their headscarf, they couldn't stop laughing. I asked them, does it look so funny on me? I really love and respect my cousins. I think that one should not talk about freedom if she/he supports the idea of restricting other people's freedom.'
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