116 countries celebrate the World Hijab Day, which aims to raise awareness about the veil and promote religious tolerance, while Muslim women around the world suffer various forms of discrimination due to it throughout the year.
The Bangladeshi-born American girl (Nizma Khan) was subjected to many forms of discrimination that amounted to kicking and spitting on her and describing her as a terrorist because of the hijab, which prompted her to launch the idea of World Hijab Day in 2013.
Through this day, Niza hopes to spread religious tolerance and acceptance of the other, so she has been calling on all women every year for about 10 years to wear the veil on this day in light of broad solidarity on social networking sites from people representing different cultures, religions and ethnicities.
“I want to invite all women into our lives for just one day so that they can understand Muslim women a little,” Niza said in a press statement.
A girl named Diallo published pictures of her during the hijab experiment and commented, “I want to wear it all my life, I don’t know what’s holding me back.”
Kara expressed her happiness to participate in the campaign and said, “I am proud to support World Hijab Day 2022 in solidarity with Muslim girls who face discrimination around the world.”
