Wednesday, December 16, 2009


Hijab useful for health, especially preventing the emergence of diseases and disorders of the skin caused by sunlight, experts said the health sciences from the University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY), Dr. Andan Puspitosari Warih.

"The sun can cause various skin disorders, such as sunburn (red-red skin), solar Keratosis, solar urticaria, photosensitivity, and skin cancer," he said in Yogyakarta.

According to him, the veil is useful to cover the skin to minimize the stroke of sunlight on the skin. Moreover, now the ozone layer thinning due to global warming.

"The condition that causes ultraviolet light has a greater potential for the skin directly without first filtered by the ozone layer," said the lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine UMY it.

He said the headscarf was also able to protect the Muslim from sexual harassment. We have cases of violence and sexual abuse among teenagers is quite apprehensive.

"Data from Rifka Annisa show, in adolescents aged 12-21 years had occurred in 137 cases of dating violence, 44 cases of sexual harassment, and 78 cases of rape," he said.

In addition, based on data PKBI counseling Yogyakarta Special Region in 2007, the number of unwanted pregnancies in junior high school age through college reached 430 cases.

Based on these alarming data, according to him, Muslim women are expected to wear the hijab to avoid the sexual harassment. In fact, they will be appreciated by the people in the neighborhood.

"The veiled Muslim women do not be afraid. Berjilbab will not inhibit the activity, especially in contemporary times, where people are given the freedom of Muslim women wearing the hijab with a variety of models, in contrast to some years ago," he said.

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