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My Stealthy Freedom is an online movement that was commenced by a London-based journalist Masih Alinejad. This movement started from a Facebook page My Stealthy Freedom where women from Iran post their photos without scarfs, as Iranian women have to cover their hair in public according to local Islamic dress code. This rule was forced after the Iranian revolution in 1979.
Alinejad's view
Alinejad said she is not leading a battle against the headscarf. She affirmed that she wants to support the right for individual women to be able to choose whether they want Hijab.
"It's a place where male and female Iranians with different opinions can meet and talk about how they feel, think and what they do in private. They don't have to be afraid of censorship, like in the Iranian public sphere. It makes them brave to see that they are not alone with their thoughts and actions", she described her page.
Conservatives' reaction
A conservative website Raja news called the movement as an obvious insulation against Islam and Marja'. The author concluded that because of these kinds of contents, Facebook must remain banned. Another website, Nedaye Enghelab (Call of the Revolution), published a cartoon which depicted two pigs wearing flags of United States and Great Britain. The cartoon was titled "Members of Stealthy Freedom Campaign".
References
- "Iranian Women Discard Their Hijabs On Masih Alinejad's 'My Stealthy Freedom' Facebook Page" Huffington Post
- "Iranian women post pictures of themselves without hijabs on Facebook" The Guardian
- "Women shed hijabs for 'Stealthy Freedoms' Facebook page" Washington Post
- "‘Stealthy Freedoms of Iranian Women’ Campaign Gains Steam" Interview with ABC News
- No hijab: an Iranian journalist offers women a stealthy freedom on Facebook Deutsche Welle
- Stealthy freedom and insulation against Islam Raja News (in Persian)
- Members of Stealthy Freedom Campaign Nedaye Enghelab (in Persian)