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S Tangerang staff to wear Muslim attire once a week

South Tangerang Mayor Airin Rachmi Diany announcedon Wednesday the administrationâs plan for all Muslim staff to wearMuslim attire every Friday while non-Muslims should continue to wear their civilservant uniforms

Multa Fidrus and Dicky Christanto (The Jakarta Post)

Tangerang

Wed, April 24, 2013 Published on Apr. 24, 2013 Published on 2013-04-24T17:05:54+07:00

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outh Tangerang Mayor Airin Rachmi Diany announcedon Wednesday the administration's plan for all Muslim staff to wearMuslim attire every Friday while non-Muslims should continue to wear their civilservant uniforms.

Airin said that all male employees wouldwear long-sleeve collarless shirts 'locally known as baju koko ' and the traditional black cone-shaped hat ' knownas peci ' while their female counterparts should wear hijab, a loose dress and a long whiteskirt or loose pants. She believed this policy could have a positive effecton employees' working performance.

Similarly, Tangerang Mayor Wahidin Halim had earliersaid staff must wear Muslim clothes in an effort to build the administration'sreligious atmosphere.

Commenting on this, deputy director of the HumanRights Working Group (HRWG) Choirul Anam said that the mayor wasseriously mistaken in interpreting Islamic values.

'Accelerate physical development by building public facilities, providing better health access and education ' especially for the poor ' and implement monitoring to avoid corruption. These
are more Islamic than requiring people to wear Muslim attire,' he told The Jakarta Post.

He said the mayor's initiative was a clear violation of the constitution and Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi should conduct a thorough evaluation of the new policy.