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EWN reports that the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is considering relaxing its dress code for female Muslim members to allow them to wear headscarves under their berets.
The issue came to the fore after Major Fatima Isaacs was subjected to disciplinary action for refusing to remove her hijab. Isaacs, who works as a clinical forensic pathologist at 2 Military Hospital in Wynberg, has been charged with willful defiance and disobeying a lawful command to not wear a headscarf with her military uniform. The defence force and the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) met this week to discuss the matter with the legal representatives of Isaacs. Talks were apparently amicable and constructive and the parties resolved to continue working together to find common ground. Chaplain-General Monwabisi Jamangile indicated: “The SANDF is committed to ensuring the issue of Muslim women wearing a headscarf and related matters be addressed in terms of their policies. A determination is under consideration to granting interim relief to women serving the SANDF to wear an under scarf to conformity to the SANDF code.” It is not yet known when this process will take place.
- Read the original of the report by Shamiela Fisher on the above at EWN
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