A group of Sudanese women are engaged in a Facebook campaign to denounce regulations that penalise them for failing to wear a hijab.
The anonymous activists are opposed to what they term as “legal, social and religious coercion” to compel women to wear the attire.
Through their Arabic language Facebook page, Sudanese Women Against Hijab, the activists who come from different backgrounds and “streams of thought”, have embarked on a campaign of defiance against the garb.
The page, which has about 26,000 likes, was founded in December 2015.
The proponents also say the campaign is supported by both religious and secular women who “believe that the veil is a personal conviction and should not be imposed on women”.
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