It is said that Indonesian Muslims are the most in the world. However,
great in number does not guarantee their freedom, especially in terms of
working. Muslims are big in numbers but weak in quality. It is usual to see muslims
work to the non muslim in any job field. The employers who are often non
muslims often force their employees to apply their rules in which they are
contradict with Islam rules especially in terms of wearing hijab.
I write this essay based on my wife’s personal experience and any other
facts which are availabel around us. My wife is a teacher assistant in one of
pre-school and kindergarten in Makassar. This school is led by a chinese couple
who are non muslim. One of the most stricted rules is the prohibition of hijab
during the class. As a matter of fact, all female teachers (including my wife) have
to take off their hijab in the classroom. This prohibitive rule is applied due
to the order of the school center in Singapore. All teachers must follow the
rules unless they will lose their job.
Another example could be seen in some department stores. No hijab is
allowed. Either the female employees are hijabers or not, in fact they have to
work without wearing hijab. It seems that they are undercontrolled by the
employers who take their freedom in terms of applying religion rules. These phenomena
have already happened for years, But it is like usual case. People (women in
this case) tend to accept the job due to the lack of vacancies. Some women let
themselves take off their hijab in order to apply the rules of an institution
and obviously to get a job.
If we look at the points above, the case is about getting a job. To find a
job, people tend to follow the rule whether it is good or not. In my point of
view, the role of the government must be powerful to warn the employers who ban
the use of hijab. We have already got the liberty, but indeed some other people
are still colonized by others. We muslims are majority but we are colonized by
those who have money. Our Government are mostly muslims but they do not have
maximum efford to deal with this case.
To conclude, Muslims are majority, but they have no power against the
minority. Muslim employees in Indonesia are still colonized by those who have
much money. They are capitalist who can control the government. As a matter of
fact, muslims (especially hijaby muslimah) work undercontrolled and ruled by
their boss.
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