Jakarta Globe, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Mar 26, 2015
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| Muslim female police officers will now be permitted to wear a jilbab. (JG Photo/Dhana Kencana) |
Jakarta.
Indonesia’s National Police on Wednesday issued a letter allowing female cops
to wear the Islamic veil as part of their official uniform.
A memo from
the National Police, signed by acting police chief Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti,
dated March 25, detailed how female police officers are required to match the
color and style of headscarf with police uniform.
Aboe Bakar
Al-Habsyi, a lawmaker from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), praised the
regulation.
“This is
good news not only for Muslim police women, but also for all Muslims in
Indonesia,” he said. “This also means that the police heard our aspirations on
this matter.”
The police
previously prohibited female police officers from wearing headscarves as part
of their official uniforms, although police officers in Aceh are required to
wear jilbabs by the semi-autonomous province’s loose interpretation of Shariah
law.
In 2010,
data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) showed that Muslims in Indonesia
numbered 87.2 percent of a total 240 million people in the country, making the
nation become the state with the largest Muslim population in the world.
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An Acehnese
female police officer wear a hijab on duty in the street in Banda
Aceh, Indonesia, March 27, 2015. Indonesia
National Police officially issued a
regulation
allowing female police officer to wear the Islamic hijab (heads craft)
as a part of their uniform. Indonesia is the
biggest Muslim population in the
world. (EPA
Photo/Hotli Simanjuntak)
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VEILED
SOLDIERS: Women soldiers line up during the 52nd anniversary
of the Iskandar Muda military battalion in
Banda Aceh on Monday. Under Aceh's
local sharia-based ordinance, all women
including soldiers, are required to wear
veils in
public. JP/Hotli Simanjuntak
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