Which Islamic countries do not enforce women wearing the hijab?
Most Islamic countries do not enforce hijab covering for women. However, non-governmental enforcement is broadly spread. – Governmental enforcement: “Wearing of the hijab was enforced by the Taliban regime, and is enforced in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in the Islamic Republic of Iran.” – “Non-governmental: Non-governmental enforcement of hijab is found in many parts of the Muslim world. Successful informal coercion of women by sectors of society to wear hijab has been reported in Gaza where Mujama’ al-Islami, the predecessor of HAMAS, reportedly used “a mixture of consent and coercion” to “`restore` hijab” on urban educated women in Gaza in the late 1970s and 1980s. In France, according to journalist Jane Kramer, veiling among school girls became increasingly common following the 9/11 Attack of 2001, due to coercion by “fathers and uncles and brothers and even their male classmates” of the school girls. “Girls who did not conform were excoriated, or chased, or beaten by fanatical
