On August 6, an article by Galima Bukharbaeva “When a man fights for a hijab for a woman” was published on the site https://centre1.com/.
Galima Bukharbayeva says she does not support the recent arrest of several male bloggers from Uzbekistan who demanded that girls be allowed to wear a hijab in schools in the country.
She also believes that “in no case should power in Tashkent subject people to arrests for expressing opinions on the Internet, as in any other place, even if it concerns the desire to dress all women of the country in hijabs.” And she explains the logic of the authorities’ actions by the fact that the authorities “only see propaganda of Islamic fundamentalism for such discussions on the Internet.”
But Galima also states that the arrested male bloggers were in fact not fighting for women’s rights, “they fought primarily for their special rights – for the opportunity for a man to take control of a woman from an early age, under the cover of the Constitution …”
She reminds these bloggers that “the Constitution establishes that Uzbekistan is a secular state, and” no ideology can be established as a state “(art. 12), and” women and men have equal rights “(art. 46).
Galima Bukharbaeva argues that the arrest of these bloggers indicates that:
“Firstly: the government of Uzbekistan is afraid of any discussion, even in the virtual Network, especially when its participants appeal to Islam.The government, as usual, is ready to suppress any discussion by force and illegal actions.
Secondly: public opinion in the country is increasingly inclined towards religion, increasingly asserting conservative Islamic principles as the basis of social relations. And the criterion for strengthening Islam is the position of women in the country.
Thirdly: women’s rights in Uzbekistan are defined, interpreted and protected by government officials and “bearded men” on the Internet, but not by women themselves – they are not, they are not visible, they are not audible. There are no women’s voices in the country, no influential women’s organizations that are able to express their opinion on the discussion that has unfolded.
According to her forecast, due to the absence of civil society, NGO, independent press in Uzbekistan, the country’s government will not be able to resist the ongoing Islamization of the country. And the support of the government of Uzbekistan in the confrontation of Islamic fundamentalism only with forceful actions will be interpreted as regressive, aimed at violating human rights.
In my opinion, Galima Bukharbaeva in her article touched upon a very important social problem of modern Uzbekistan.
I propose for discussion my vision of this problem and the way to solve it.
1. The terms “Islamization” and “Islamic fundamentalism” are not identical.
Uzbekistan is in fact a country with an overwhelming majority of the population, traditionally adhering to Islamic cultural traditions. Since 1996 Uzbekistan has been a member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. But Islamic fundamentalism in Uzbekistan is not welcomed by the majority of the population.
2. Discrimination of women’s rights occurs not only in countries with predominantly Muslim populations.
3. Women have the main role in the family for the care and upbringing of children. Therefore, the formation of women directly affects the intellectual development of the nation of any state.
The new president of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev is very interested in the innovative development of Uzbekistan.
Therefore, I propose to unite the efforts of the democratic public of Uzbekistan to introduce positive discrimination of girls in education in the country.
For example, special free programs for accelerated learning foreign languages, programming, human rights, healthy lifestyles. Enrollment in universities from 16 years, free education at the university, an affordable distance education.
Ahtam Shaymardanov
California.
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