Religious rights to wear headscarf: Indonesian and Malaysian’s Constitutional Court’s perspective

A modern constitution safeguards human rights. Although the views on human rights in each country are different, it has been generally agreed that one of the rights is freedom of religion. Accordingly, the Indonesian Constitution (UUD 1945) proclaims freedom of religion in Article 28E which states,...

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Main Authors:	Adhani, Hani, Rachminawati, Rachminawati, Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/78497/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/78497/37/78497%20Religious%20Rights%20to%20Wear%20Headscarf.pdf

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spelling	iium-784972020-03-11T00:39:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/78497/ Religious rights to wear headscarf: Indonesian and Malaysian’s Constitutional Court’s perspective Adhani, Hani Rachminawati, Rachminawati Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin K Law (General) A modern constitution safeguards human rights. Although the views on human rights in each country are different, it has been generally agreed that one of the rights is freedom of religion. Accordingly, the Indonesian Constitution (UUD 1945) proclaims freedom of religion in Article 28E which states, "The State guarantees the freedom of every citizen to embrace his or her religion and to worship according to his religion and belief". Also in the Malaysian Constitution, article 11 states that every person has the right to profess, practice and propagate religion. One of the controversies relating to freedom of religion is the prohibition of hijab for Muslim women which occurred in several countries in the world. This research elaborates the correlation between religious freedom and the right to dress according to one’s religion as governed under the Indonesian dan Malaysian constitutions. The study also examines rules governing religious freedom especially freedom of religious attire from various sources such as international human rights conventions, declarations and laws. 2019 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78497/37/78497%20Religious%20Rights%20to%20Wear%20Headscarf.pdf Adhani, Hani and Rachminawati, Rachminawati and Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin (2019) Religious rights to wear headscarf: Indonesian and Malaysian’s Constitutional Court’s perspective. In: The 3rd Indonesian Constitutional Court International Symposium (ICCIS 2019), 6th-7th November 2019, Bali, Indonesia. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	K Law (General) Adhani, Hani Rachminawati, Rachminawati Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin Religious rights to wear headscarf: Indonesian and Malaysian’s Constitutional Court’s perspective
description	A modern constitution safeguards human rights. Although the views on human rights in each country are different, it has been generally agreed that one of the rights is freedom of religion. Accordingly, the Indonesian Constitution (UUD 1945) proclaims freedom of religion in Article 28E which states, "The State guarantees the freedom of every citizen to embrace his or her religion and to worship according to his religion and belief". Also in the Malaysian Constitution, article 11 states that every person has the right to profess, practice and propagate religion. One of the controversies relating to freedom of religion is the prohibition of hijab for Muslim women which occurred in several countries in the world. This research elaborates the correlation between religious freedom and the right to dress according to one’s religion as governed under the Indonesian dan Malaysian constitutions. The study also examines rules governing religious freedom especially freedom of religious attire from various sources such as international human rights conventions, declarations and laws.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Adhani, Hani Rachminawati, Rachminawati Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin
author_facet	Adhani, Hani Rachminawati, Rachminawati Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin
author_sort	Adhani, Hani
title	Religious rights to wear headscarf: Indonesian and Malaysian’s Constitutional Court’s perspective
title_short	Religious rights to wear headscarf: Indonesian and Malaysian’s Constitutional Court’s perspective
title_full	Religious rights to wear headscarf: Indonesian and Malaysian’s Constitutional Court’s perspective
title_fullStr	Religious rights to wear headscarf: Indonesian and Malaysian’s Constitutional Court’s perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Religious rights to wear headscarf: Indonesian and Malaysian’s Constitutional Court’s perspective
title_sort	religious rights to wear headscarf: indonesian and malaysian’s constitutional court’s perspective
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/78497/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/78497/37/78497%20Religious%20Rights%20to%20Wear%20Headscarf.pdf
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Religious rights to wear headscarf: Indonesian and Malaysian’s Constitutional Court’s perspective

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