“I did not wear the Hijab for kidding but I took it in fear of Allah,”

Somalia government to ban the Hijab

Forces loyal to the transitional federal government in the Somalia capital Mogadishu on Monday began to remove the Hijab veil from the women in some parts of the city as surge of violence against the interim government continues in Mogadishu .

The security forces stationing around the ex-Somali National Theatre in the downtown of Mogadishu could have been seen stopping all veiled women on the cars and in the streets, and ordering them to put off the little covering cloth on the face which Muslim women wear.

The move is part of tightening the security, government official said. Leilo Abdirahman, among the today’s women ordered to remove the Hijab, told Somalinet that she argued that the Islamic law does not allow her to let the veil down. “I did not wear the Hijab for kidding but I took it in fear of Allah,”

Leilo said the soldiers forcefully removed the veils of many women who initially rejected to put down the cloaks. The government did not give any comment on the move but aides of the government say Mogadishu has taken measures to prevent further violence.

Sources say that the government fears that the insurgent groups use the Hijab for their terror attacks against the government targets. (ed.note: A tactic used often by the Islamist cowards.)

This move follows after violent actions in which at least eight people mostly civilians have been killed and scores wounded in separate attacks in the Somalia capital.