Details of the chastity and hijab section of the 27th Holy Quran Exhibition – Mehr News Agency Iran and world’s news
Mehr news agency, Culture and Thought Group – Zeinab Razdasht: Less than 10 days remain until the start of the 27th International Holy Quran Exhibition; The last period of the exhibition was held in 1998, and during two years, due to the spread of the coronavirus, we did not see the exhibition in person, and in 1999, no Quranic exhibition was held, and in 1400, the exhibition continued to operate virtually.
It has been nearly 15 years that the chastity and hijab section has been operating alongside the Quran exhibition, and this year a section on the balcony of the mosque called the chastity and hijab section has been dedicated to the 27th International Holy Quran Exhibition and will welcome visitors from April 17 will be.
Regarding the chastity and hijab section of the 27th International Holy Quran Exhibition and the process of holding it, we had a meeting with Assadollah Soleimani, Chairman of the Hijab Producers Association and Executive Director of the Chastity and Hijab Section of the 29th International Holy Quran Exhibition. What you are considering is the result of our conversation with him.
* After two years, the Quran exhibition will be held in person; What are the differences between the chastity and hijab section of the 27th International Holy Quran Exhibition compared to previous periods?
Due to the spread of the corona virus, the Quran exhibition was not held in person for two years, and now it has been nearly 15 years that we have witnessed the holding of the chastity and hijab section, next to the Hasim Quran exhibition; Our decision is for the Association of Manufacturers of Hijab Products, as a non-governmental organization, to hold a forthcoming exhibition different from previous periods.
We are next to the exhibition sales department; Free chador sewing parts, hijab vow, I love hijab; Of course, other sections will be informed over time.
* Can you explain about the vow of hijab?
Hijab vow project, in order to help the economically weak, will be implemented in the chastity and hijab section of the Quran exhibition, and based on that, a 300,000 Toman tent will be sold at a price of 220,000 Tomans. In this project, we will get help from the Quran Deputy of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and public donations to see the prices of products, especially tents, in this section.
Unfortunately, the price of the chador has become very expensive and office women, students and other sections of society can not buy the chador, so we will perform the hijab vow section at the Quran exhibition. In this section, the prices are 60% off compared to outside the exhibition.
Of course, in addition to the vow of hijab, we have free sewing of tents; Even women who have tents at home can go to the fair and sew their tents for free. We will also give presents to girls who have just reached the age of homework.
In the sales department, we will also try to sell zero to one hundred products used by women at a reasonable price in this exhibition.
* 1998 was the last year that the Quran exhibition was held; There was a difference between you and the fashion and clothing working group system. This is while the Supreme Leader said in a meeting in 1997 that you should form a network in the field of hijab and work as a network. Will the fashion and clothing system working group be with you as the private sector during this period, or are the differences still there?
In the same year of 1998, we did not have any problems with the working group of the fashion and clothing system, and this working group is finally considered part of the system, but the Quranic deputy of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance is in charge of holding the exhibition. To hold. In 1998, it was decided that the association, as the private sector, would hold chastity and hijab. Unfortunately, in that year, the fashion and clothing system working group, instead of supporting the private sector, made such a move and withdrew from the exhibition; While the Supreme Leader said in a meeting in 1997 that you should go and join the network to work in the field of hijab. Unfortunately, in the same year of 1998, in front of the Quran exhibition, the working group of the fashion and clothing system held an exhibition in the Water and Fire Park to bring down the private sector, which, thank God, did not happen to us. .
This year it happened differently; The Quranic deputy of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance gave this trust to the association, and we hope that the association will be able to hold a cultural event differently than before, and I have to say about the fashion and clothing working group whose structure has changed and another brother is in charge. That we are ready to help each other. We have no problem with the fashion and clothing system working group.
* One of the concerns of veiled women in the country is the high price of hijab products; Can the chastity and hijab section of the Quran exhibition promise the veiled women of the country to buy the products at the most appropriate prices?
It must be said that this wall is devastated; The issue of hijab in the Islamic Republic of Iran has been and still is one of the most challenging issues; Both the Sharia law recommends hijab to us and the law of the Islamic Republic, and in our country it is a crime not to wear hijab, but on the other hand, no official has come to help promote the production of hijab. For example, hijab experts and television and education experts hold cultural debates to convince a woman to wear the superior hijab, the chador. While this lady chooses a tent and comes to the market to buy a tent, she realizes the high prices of the tent, which at this moment is no longer a cultural person, but a businessman who works for himself.
What the association can do is monitor the prices in the chastity and hijab section of the Quran exhibition. We asked the members to respect the people and give a discount of up to 20% on all products. The same tribune announces that anyone who feels that there is no discount on goods and expensive products are sold, must go to the exhibition headquarters.
We will also have ongoing oversight of sales, and our experts will monitor this regularly.
* This period of the chastity and hijab section of the exhibition is held as in 1998 in the balcony of the nave and one of the main problems of the chastity and hijab section in 1998 was the location and stairs and lack of proper ventilation; Why did you hold this section again at this point of the nave this year?
We pointed out all the problems of the chastity and hijab section of the Quran exhibition in 1998 to the Quranic deputy of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, but in any case, the deputy also has excuses; Replacing the chastity and hijab section of the Quran exhibition and recognizing it is the responsibility of the deputy, and we have no involvement, but our preference was to hold the chastity and hijab section at the end of the Mosalla Shabestan hall, as in 1996, and the visitors were satisfied. Finally, we have no role in choosing the location of the chastity and hijab section of the Quran exhibition.
* Many visitors in previous periods complained about the duplication of designs, have you thought of a solution to this issue in this period?
In the section of chastity and hijab, some people think that the products presented are just tents, while we will present different types of coats, abaya coats, leggings and many other hijab products in this section of the exhibition. There are 54 booths in the section of chastity and hijab, which are friends with each other but compete with each other intensely, and honorable innovations can be seen daily.
God willing, the exhibition will be open to visitors from 4:00 PM on April 17 and will continue until 11:00 PM. We hope that in this period of the exhibition we have been able to respond to the different tastes of our audience.
* Considering that the end time of the exhibition was 23, have the necessary facilities been provided?
Yes, as in previous years, it has been coordinated with the metro so that there is no problem in the traffic of visitors, especially Benavan.
* Is this course from the chastity and hijab section of the Quran exhibition a sale only and do you have no plans to promote this issue?
I have said many times that the realm of chastity and hijab are in conflict with each other, we are the producers of hijab, not chastity. Promotion should come from those who do promotional and content work. Also, the comprehensive network of hijab and the fashion and clothing working group will definitely have programs in this section and are active in this section.
* In your opinion, can the chastity and hijab section of the Quran exhibition be the strength of the exhibition or the Achilles heel?
If chastity and hijab were to be an ordinary garment, it would not have been held next to the Quran exhibition any year; Therefore, this issue conveys the importance of hijab. Of course, I am sorry to say that the Quran section of the exhibition is private and the cover section is crowded, but in any case, the cover and hijab are religious teachings and this issue is very important. However, the chastity and hijab section is the busiest section of the Quran exhibition, and this issue is not hidden from anyone.
* And your final point …
Our view of the hijab is that the enemy has taken a public position on the issue of the hijab and is constantly talking, and this situation that we see in the streets and alleys as a result of the enemy’s investments is unfortunate; We are the children of war, and if we want to stand against this aggression, we must say that the answer is a missile. I, the producer of hijab products, should not talk to a member of the parliament’s cultural commission for the parliament to get involved in this issue and approve the chador as a cultural commodity, but our officials should pay attention to the fact that this hijab is a women’s battle dress against the enemy today. And no matter how much this garment falls, we remain like a battle on the front that when we look behind us, we notice the fall of the army. This is a very dangerous issue.
Hijab is an employment issue and has the capacity for export and entrepreneurship. Hijab is a strategic cover that the martyrs have commanded us. The total import of tents, if they want to import in government currency, is as much as the bananas that in 1997, 300 million dollars in bananas in foreign currency 4200 It arrived and was finally eaten in 15 days, and with that we could keep the price of the tent stagnant for several years.
Unfortunately, this is happening to us, and our officials must take action and facilitate this so that we can stand up to the enemy, the enemy that is bombing us. How can I taste and come up with different designs when my raw materials are expensive? We do not even have the opportunity to think about adolescents and young people, and we are faced with everyday life. We have to open these cocoons from the manufacturers of hijab products to improve some conditions; Because today, the enemy is focusing on the hijab and Iranian families, and this is while our officials are indifferent to this issue and only talk nonsense and shake their heads in regret. If one day, God forbid, unveiling becomes normal, nothing can be done. It is enough to compare the situation of the country’s hijab in the last five years, and you will certainly not get positive results.