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Hijabs to be allowed in the Singapore Workforce, specifically in the uniformed occupations and front-line positions.
Ahmad B.
started this petition to
Minister for Communications & Information, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Dr. Yaacob Ibrahim - yaacob_ibrahim@mci.gov.sg, Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security & Home Affairs Teo Chee Hean - teo_chee_hean@mha.gov.sg, Minister for Defence, Leader of House Dr. Ng Eng Hen - ng_eng_hen@mindef.gov.sg, Minister for Health, Government Whip Gan Kim Yong - gan_kim_yong@moh.gov.sg, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of Foreign Affairs Masagos Zulkifli - masagos_zulkifli@mha.gov.sg, Leader of Opposition, Low Thia Khiang - ltk@wp.sg, Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap - faisal.manap@wp.sg, Jufrie Mahmood - sdp@yoursdp.org, Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) - info@muis.gov.sg, Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) - corporate@amp.org.sg, Yayasan Mendaki - mendaki@mendaki.org.sg, Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura (PKMS) - info@pkms.org, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong - lee_hsien_loong@pmo.gov.sg, Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob - halimah_yacob@parl.go
We
all
should have the rights to wear what best represents our identity. It is time Singapore moves forward from discriminating our Muslim women. By preventing them from wearing the hijab at the workplace is
unconstitutional by law
of the Minority Rights Act and contravene the Tripartite Alliance for
Fair Employment
Practices (TAFEP) Act here. We must move forward from mere tolerance to one of
deeper understanding and mutual respect.
Why is wearing the hijab/tudung important to Muslim women? It is actually a religious obligation . For better explanation please watch this youtube link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o3Be-3H0UI
However, please don't start judging all Muslim women who do not wear the hijab (for whatever personal reasons) with the same yardstick. It is their choice and we should all have basic courtesy and respect for individual's choices . Please watch this youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krWB7IesJyw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
This is what this petition is all about. Giving one a free choice to dress in a manner that best represent their identity, be it for fashion statement or religious obligation . Diversity should be celebrated rather than feared here in Singapore. It is not entirely difficult to allow uniform jobs like nurses to wear the hijab. If there is an issue of uniformity, I believe our Muslim women are willing to comply with our employers to wear hijabs/tudungs that are of the same colour as the uniform to portray a commonality image. That is all that we are asking for, the rights to wear our personal dressing that is non-discriminatory against any particular group in Singapore and celebrates our diversity, identity and culture.
Why is wearing the hijab/tudung important to Muslim women? It is actually a religious obligation . For better explanation please watch this youtube link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o3Be-3H0UI
However, please don't start judging all Muslim women who do not wear the hijab (for whatever personal reasons) with the same yardstick. It is their choice and we should all have basic courtesy and respect for individual's choices . Please watch this youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krWB7IesJyw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
This is what this petition is all about. Giving one a free choice to dress in a manner that best represent their identity, be it for fashion statement or religious obligation . Diversity should be celebrated rather than feared here in Singapore. It is not entirely difficult to allow uniform jobs like nurses to wear the hijab. If there is an issue of uniformity, I believe our Muslim women are willing to comply with our employers to wear hijabs/tudungs that are of the same colour as the uniform to portray a commonality image. That is all that we are asking for, the rights to wear our personal dressing that is non-discriminatory against any particular group in Singapore and celebrates our diversity, identity and culture.
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