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Text your say: Hijab for female police officers
Your comments on a decree issued by the National Police to officially allow female police officers to wear the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, with their uniforms:In the Arab states nowadays there are a lot of female jet fighter pilots who wear hijab
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em>Your comments on a decree issued by the National Police to officially allow female police officers to wear the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, with their uniforms:
In the Arab states nowadays there are a lot of female jet fighter pilots who wear hijab.
So it should be OK for female police officers to wear hijab here in Indonesia.
Eduard N.
Jakarta
The decision deserves appreciation. Now there is no obstacle for women wearing Islamic headscarf to become police officers.
But for Indonesia, which has largest Muslim population in the world, the decision comes a bit late compared to other countries.
I hope women soldiers will also be allowed to wear hijab.
Ummi Khamidah
Bandung
This is supposed to be a secular country and the police are supposed to remain neutral and be seen as neutral by not displaying overt religious symbols that may be interpreted as showing loyalty to a particular religious group.
Napoleon Bonaparte would never have scored a single vote from our Muslim electorates if he stood on a platform of separation between religion and state.
Abu
If they want to wear hijab, then that is good for them. So long as it isn't forced.
Nate
Female police officers in the UK and Australia have been wearing hijab for a long time. It's surprising Indonesia took this long.
In Anglo-Saxon countries religious freedom comes before secularism.
Given the resistance to this among senior male police officers and low numbers of women in the police force, I doubt it will be popular.
This reform was forced by the politicians.
Weilim
What a glorious victory ' not! ' What I fear will sooner or later happen is that all female officers, regardless of their religious affiliation will need to start wearing hijab to not offend the public; to maintain uniformity.
Norris
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