Goldie Ghamari - November 21, 2025


Pro-Tip from an Iranian. Part 25 (Tajikistan banning Islamic Hijab edition)


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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

174.34444

Word count

246

Sentence count

15

Harmful content

Hate speech

6

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In 2024, Tajikistan banned the Islamic hijab and other Islamic head coverings because they view them as a sign of Islamic extremism. What was the real reason behind this ban? Is it because Islamic radicals were trying to replace Tajik heritage with Arab-Islamic ideology?

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Iranian here with another pro tip for anyone who's not from the Middle East.
00:00:04.640 In 2024, Tajikistan, a Muslim-majority country in Central Asia,
00:00:08.840 banned the Islamic hijab and other Islamic head coverings
00:00:11.440 because they view them as a sign of Islamic extremism.
00:00:14.540 Fun fact, Tajikistan and Iran actually share deep historical and cultural ties.
00:00:19.560 Our shared history goes back thousands of years to the Persian Empire,
00:00:22.720 and they even speak a dialect of Persian that we can understand.
00:00:25.640 So when Tajikistan banned hijabs and cracked down on foreign-trained Islamic clerics,
00:00:30.980 it's not because they hate Islam.
00:00:32.680 It's literally a Muslim-majority country.
00:00:34.740 They banned it because Islamic radicals were trying to replace Tajik heritage with Arab-Islamic ideology.
00:00:40.360 Tajikistan's president literally said that hijab is foreign to Tajik culture. 0.74
00:00:45.020 In fact, I think that Tajikistan learned from Iran's mistake.
00:00:48.920 They saw what happened to Iran after 1979. 0.90
00:00:51.460 The Islamists have been trying to erase Iranian identity and culture for the last 47 years. 0.84
00:00:56.940 Tajiks saw what happened to us Iranians and said not on our watch. 0.95
00:01:00.580 So while children in Western countries are learning about Islamic law in schools and 0.99
00:01:05.580 they're taking field trips to mosques and pretend praying, under the excuse of multiculturalism
00:01:10.620 and diversity of course, just remember that Tajikistan, a Muslim majority country, has
00:01:15.720 banned children from entering mosques and prohibits children from learning about religion
00:01:19.620 outside of their homes. 0.58
00:01:21.100 Western society could learn a thing or two from Tajikistan.
00:01:23.860 And now you know.