(Arab News) MPs in the UK have proposed making it a criminal offense to possess images of Muslim women not wearing hijabs without their consent.
The suggestion was made in a report by the House of Commons’ women and equalities committee, which said such photos should constitute “non-consensual intimate images.”
The MPs said under current legal definitions, such images include people being partially or fully nude, or engaging in behavior such as sexual activity or using the bathroom.
The report said: “Abuse can also include material that is considered ‘culturally intimate’ for the victim, such as a Muslim woman being pictured without her hijab.”
