Some 2,000 Bosnian Muslim Women Protest Ban of Hijabs in Legal Institutions

Around 2,000 Bosnian women protested a court move prohibiting Islamic headscarves in legal institutions, media reported.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the BBC, the women marched Sunday for 30 minutes in the country’s capital of Sarajevo.

Women in #Bosnia protest against restrictions on wearing the hijab in certain public institutions. via @aa_balkans pic.twitter.com/RH6PkwgWQF

— Balkanist Magazine (@Balkanist) 7 февраля 2016

The ban is a "serious attack against Muslim honour, personality and identity" seeking to deprive Muslim women of their right to work, one of the organizers of the protest said, as quoted by the British broadcaster.

The protest comes after the country’s high judicial council banned religious symbols, explicitly mentioning hijabs, earlier this month.

Bosnian women protest at headscarf ban: … % of Bosnians are Muslim
About 2,000 women in Bosnia have pr… https://t.co/XkIPA0vC5S

— BiH News Links (@dlBiH) 8 февраля 2016

According to the BBC, around 40 percent of Bosnia’s population is made up of Muslims.