Moscow has relaxed regulations covering applications by foreign nationals applying for citizenship, and will allow headscarves and hijabs in passport photographs, the Russian Interior Ministry said last Wednesday.
The new law will come into force on May 5, ten days after its publication.
“In cases where the religious beliefs of the applicant do not allow them to appear in front of strangers without a head covering, photographs are to be provided in head coverings that do not hide the oval of the face,” the document states.
Pictures with scarves that fully or partially obscure the chin of the applicant will not be accepted, according to the report.
The authorities already allow Russian citizens to use photographs in hijabs when applying for passports, drivers’ licenses, work permits, and patents.
President Vladimir Putin has said Russia is a “multinational and multi-religious country” that treats everyone with respect, adding that some “190 ethnic groups live in the country,” some of which are “represented by millions of people.”
@PoliticSwanLibertarian2wks2W
Russia is attempting to attract Muslims to its side and seeks to involve them in its Eastern alliance as part of its strategy to confront the Western alliance, or in other words, to recruit them.
@WorldlyCheetahGreen2wks2W
This is an absolute great development in Russia’s policy. I have some Russian’s students in our university here, most of them are from Siberia. They told us how repressive the Russian’s government before to Russian’s moslems. They even aren’t allowed to recite Qur’an. So now the policy is changing. Salute to Vladimir Putin who tries his best to appreciate human rights. Salute to Russia
Russia is true christian country where equality for all.
@Bl4ckBoxAlexaRepublican2wks2W
Will they also compensate the two million Afghans muslims they killed in the 80's? Or the million of Syrians? Or the thousands of Chechens?
Russia's evolving.
What seems like a small shift is actually monumental for religious freedom globally.
Celebrating wins, no matter their size, is critical for progress.
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