[custom_adv] wikipedia : On 8 January 1936, pro-western ruler Reza Shah Pahlavi of homeland issued a decree known as Kashf-e hijab banning all Islamic veils , an edict that was swiftly and forcefully implemented. The government also banned many types of male traditional clothing. [custom_adv] Since then, the Hijab issue has become a deep wound in the persian politics. One of the enduring legacies of Reza Shah has been turning dress into an integral problem of persian politics.In 1936, as part of a Westernizing crusade, Reza Shah banned the veil. [custom_adv] This move was welcome by the Westernized upper class. To enforce this decree, the police were ordered to physically remove the veil from any woman who wore it in public. Women were beaten, their headscarves and chadors torn off, and their homes forcibly searched. [custom_adv] Until Reza Shah's abdication in 1941, many women simply chose not leave their houses in order to avoid such embarrassing confrontations, and a few even committed suicide to avoid removing their hijabs due to the decree. [custom_adv] A far larger escalation of violence occurred in the summer of 1935, when Reza Shah ordered all men to wear European-style bowler hats, which was Western par excellence.
