The same people complaining about Hijab laws are the same ones that have no problem with their Western societies having indecency laws. Yes, in most Western countries, showing certain parts of your body (such as your breasts, private parts or being completely naked) is against the law and you can be charged for indecent exposure. The basic idea of a government forcing correct social conduct which includes a minimum amount of what you can wear is pretty universal. Even in countries where nudity is legal, having sex in public for example would be illegal since it goes against correct social conduct and you would be punished by the law if you choose to do so. So really, every country on the planet has a type of “morality” police and if you violate certain social conducts, you will be punished. The idea of a “morality” police policing nudity and inappropriate social behaviour is universal and it’s not exclusive to Iran or other Muslim countries. The same so called “activists” fighting for the “rights” of Iranian and Muslim woman to wear the Hijab are the same “activists” that won’t fight for the “right” of woman in America or the West to be completely naked and they actually agree with their indecency laws. The double standards of these critics and so called “activists” exposes them as frauds.
So what’s all the btching about Iran and the idea of legally binding Hijab laws really about? It’s very simple. Many Muslims suffer from internalized Islamophobia and many Non-Muslims have their own vested interests in this topic. Western governments and media for example are trying to push this “pro-choice” propaganda to advance their regime change agenda in that country since they don’t like the current Iranian regime. They don’t mind turning Iran into another Iraq or Libya where chaos and instability reigns. The same Western governments that have destabilized the entire Middle East, caused the death of over a million people in Iraq and Afghanistan, caused millions of Muslim woman to be widowed, millions of Muslim children to be orphaned and support the illegal annexation and brutal apartheid occupation of the Palestinian territories are the same people lecturing Iran and Muslims about “woman’s rights” and “human rights.” These scums have no genuine concern for human rights, let alone woman’s rights so we should not play into their game.
What Iran allegedly did to Mahsa Amini was a crime no doubt, and you can hate the brutal regime in Tehran but if you’re going to disagree with them, disagree with them on your own terms and do not be a pawn and a useful idiot in a vicious game of geopolitics that has nothing to do with you.
And lastly, a Muslim ruler in Islam is obligated to enjoin the good and forbid the evil in Islam so if a Muslim government decides to make the Hijab legally binding in public then he’s within his rights to do so and Muslims are obligated to obey their Muslim rulers. So any woman or man going out and protesting against the Hijab laws is sinful and we Muslims should not theoretically be against such a law in the first place. Even though I hate the Anti-Sunni Iranian regime, they are correct on making the Hijab law mandatory and I think other Muslim countries should make the Hijab legally binding if they are able to do so successfully. As Somalis, we already implement this law on a societal/cultural level but not necessarily on a legal level.