In the Highest Civilization Muslim Women Wear Hijab, Have Integrity and Protect Morality Author: Netti Herawati .SE

BAYANGKARA.CO,BALI– In high civilization, the hijab is not an obsolete sheet, but as a power of wisdom for a Muslim woman. Tawakkol Karman, a Yemeni, has become the first hijab-wearing Muslim woman to win the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Tawakkol Karman is the second Muslim woman to win the Nobel prize after voicing the protection of women in Yemen.

“Humans at this time have begun to open and develop their intelligence. What I wear represents the highest thought and civilization that has been achieved by humans,” said Tawakkol Karman about his choice of hijab which is in line with his level of education and intelligence, launching wolipop. It has been recognized by the world that Muslim women who wear the hijab have their own aura, like people who are faced with two choices of open or wrapped candy. Karman is known as the “Mother of the Revolution” for leading the human rights movement towards a more democratic country. Karman’s actions can have an impact on women in Yemen as well as Muslim women who wear the hijab in the world.

“Humans at this time have begun to open and develop their intelligence. What I wear represents the highest thought and civilization that has been achieved by humans,” said Tawakkol Karman about his choice of hijab which is in line with his level of education and intelligence, launching wolipop.

Karman demonstrates once a week, against authoritarian rule and for democratic rule in Yemen. He once protested for peace by sitting in Tahrir Square, Sana’a.

In a video interview, Karman named Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela as some of his role models. “I learned from them how to lead a peace movement,” said the woman who was included in Time magazine’s 100 Women of the Year list.

Karman was born on February 7, 1979, in Taiz Governorate, then known as North Yemen. He studied at Taiz and earned a bachelor’s degree in Commerce and a master’s in Political Science.

In addition, Karman earned an Honorary Doctorate in International Law from the University of Alberta in Canada. This woman with a myriad of achievements also cast her voice in Al-Thawrah Newspaper and founded the organization “Women Journalists Without Chains” which is currently licensed as “Women Journalists Without Chains” aka WJWC.

Together with seven other female journalists who lead the group, in 2005, Karman wanted to protect basic human rights such as freedom of expression and opinion. Yemen’s authoritarian government at the time refused his request to start a newspaper and radio station under WJWC. However, he refused and continued to write.

Karman, who fights for democracy, frequently receives threats, in letters and phone calls, from government officials and pro-authoritarianism supporters. Karman admitted to The Guardian Newspaper that he had been arrested by security forces in the middle of the night.

“They were organized by students, civil society activists and politicians. The pressure on the government was very strong, and I was released after 36 hours in the women’s prison, where I was chained,” she said. It is a piece of the story of the struggle to make Solidarity without borders. #PBB #KomnasHam.

(BAYANGKARA.CO)