Today Bella Hadid took to her Instagram to vocalise her thoughts on the news of the hijab ban across countries like India, Belgium, and France.
“Although different forms of the hijab and head coverings are starting to make an appearance in fashion, let’s still remember the daily struggle, abuse, and discrimination Muslim women face on a regular basis because of their faith and what they stand for. To each woman’s body, stand their own opinion on what they should do with it. That is NO ONES decision except for theirs,” Bella said.
The supermodel with almost 50 million followers used her platform to make audiences aware of what’s currently going on in India, Belgium, Quebec, and France.
She touches on the fact that this isn’t the first time Muslim women are discriminated against because of their religious beliefs, and “if we are seeing more and more appreciation of hijabs and covers in fashion, we have to also acknowledge the cycle of abuse that Muslim women of all different ethnicities in fashion get met with on a regular basis within fashion houses, especially In Europe&America.”
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Bella Hadid calls out countries that are championing the hijab ban
In her series of posts, Bella Hadid even calls out how “Hijabi women in France are not allowed to wear their Hijab to school, to play sports, to swim, even on their ID pictures. You can’t be a civil worker or work in hospitals with a Hijab.”
Her next and final IG post for this series mentioned the recent and heartbreaking incident that happened on February 9th in Otago Girls’ High School, New Zealand.
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A Muslim teen girl was brutally beaten, verbally abused, and had her hijab ripped off at school. Hoda was rushed to the hospital by her dad as the ambulance wasn’t called. Bella expresses that this news has made her “angry and sick to her stomach.”
She then continues to show support for the Muslim community, especially against the prejudices towards Muslim women saying “I am so sorry to the ones that have felt this kind of disrespect. You do not deserve it. Keep your faith. Love your God. Be you. And the ones who appreciate and love you for YOU are the only ones that matter. It’s not you , it’s them. Remember that. I love you.”