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Headscarf Day to be observed in Australia
13-11-2002
On Friday, November 29 Australian women are invited to wear
a headscarf in public for the day.
Avigail Abarbanel, who is President of the Australian
National Network of Counsellors and a practising
psychotherapist-counsellor, says, "I am a Jewish woman, a
former Israeli and an Australian citizen. I have decided to
organise Headscarf Day because,with my background,I simply
cannot sit by and watch while Muslim people and women in
particular are becoming the target of racism.
"You do not need to change your attire, there is no rally
to attend, no petitions to sign. It's easy. Dress as usual,
put a scarf over your head and go about your day. Any
scarf will do".
Ms Abarbanel says, "Headscarf Day is in solidarity with our
Muslim sisters who have been the target of racially
motivated attacks in Sydney recently.
Traditional Muslim women are an easy target because their
traditional dress makes them visible.
Let us make them feel that they belong, and that they are
protected, by helping them blend in.
And let us send a message to the racist thugs who attack
them that their behaviour is unacceptable.
Men are also invited to join us by wearing some form of
traditional Muslim head dress".
She said that ASIO's raids on Muslim homes were giving
legitimacy to racist attacks on Muslims,and helping to
create a culture of 'us and them' in Australia.
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