"They're afraid of offending the Muslim community, whose loyalty is crucial during a special operation": why the law banning hijabs has stalled

The author of the bill, which sparked a lively debate in society, was the leader of the New People parliamentary party. Vyacheslav DavankovThis summer he suggested to think about it He is discussing measures that would allow regional leaders and even individual school leaders to ban the wearing of religious clothing that conceals the face. According to him, a large number of parents are opposed to "children of migrants" wearing religious clothing in school. 

This idea was supported by the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin and Secretary of the Security Council Sergey Shoigu.

And here are the muftis North Caucasus, Tatarstan и Bashkortostan They opposed the ban on wearing the hijab. regarded as a violation of constitutional rights and freedom of religion. At the same time, the head Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov He pledged kill anyone who tells his daughter to take off her hijab.

After this, the bill seemed to be forgotten.

In a conversation with the publication "Caucasian Knot", the columnist Andrey Kolesnikov allowedHe said government members "are afraid of offending the Muslim community, whose loyalty is crucial during a special operation and the threat of terrorism." He believes the government currently lacks options for resolving this issue, which is why it has been postponed.

President of the Petersburg Politics Foundation Mikhail Vinogradov and political scientist Evgeny Minchenko In a conversation with the "Caucasian Knot", they suggested that they would return to considering the bill sooner or later.

«The stumbling block was the words about "religious clothing." So, I think they'll approach it from a different angle, — Minchenko believes. — They will write, for example, “clothing that hides the face” or “clothing that does not allow identification of the person.”