Headscarf Prohibition for Policewomen
The
regulation of police uniform is debated not only in elite government but also
in smallest group of society. This topic becomes interested to discuss because
there are many groups which have the strong arguments to argue the policewomen
for wearing hirable whereas a part of Indonesia namely Aceh province allowed.
For very long time we get used to see the policewomen
without headscarf to cover their hair although we know that the headscarf is a
symbol of Muslim’s group. This is because of the Decree (SK) National Police Chief Pol No.: Skep/702/IX/2005
about police uniform where the police must wear the same one, means that police
women is prohibited to wear hijab. This prohibition is believed that
policewomen may work effectively and maximally without hijab For example, when
a policewoman arranges a traffic jam, she will be more moveable without hijab
rather than wearing hijab. Moreover Research shows that all that
synthetic covering is not healthy especially in the humid tropics, as the body
struggles to maintain homeostasis.
Comparing to the agree group of
banning hijab, Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) cited that the 2005 decree is a
kind of discrimination for Muslim policewomen group because whether
constitution or human right principle allows every citizen to express their
faith, opinion, and creation. Human rights campaigners
including the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) and Impartial
have slammed the ban, saying that it violates basic human rights.
Let’s look at this problem in a bit more detail, in one hand;
police institution has given a special regulation for Aceh with the reason that
in Aceh province there is a special autonomy given by central government which
regulates all women to wear hijab, so there is no reason to prohibit them to
wear hijab. On the other hand, the decree of 2005 banned policewomen for
wearing hijab is quite implausible because some reasons such as: by wearing
hijab, the number of sexual arrestment will be more decreased. And the most
important one is hijab is a part of religious obligation for Muslimah, so if
the government banns hijab means that government slams the freedom of human
rights.
In conclusion, POLRI institution should consider the best
way to solve this problem in order to reduce a number of debates in society so
that the bad image of police could be changed. Police should show the justice,
no more violence, intimidation, fraudulence, and even the discrimination.
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