South Africa Army changed its dress policy on wearing Hijab
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Cape Town – Amid the religious intolerance in the world, South Africa's army has changed its dress policy to allow Muslim women to wear hijab as a part of their uniform.
The recent amendment in the dress policy for Muslim women permits them to don headscarves while they are on duty.
The move comes almost a year after the country’s military court dropped charges against Major Fatima Isaacs, a clinical forensic pathologist in the SA army, for wearing hijab under her military cap.
Major Fatima had faced dismissal for ‘disobeying a lawful command’ for refusing to remove it.
The court allowed the Muslim officers to wear a tight hijab, conditioning that it may not cover their ears, and must be plain in colour.
