Analysis of the Culture of the Hijab in the Thought of Ayatollah Khamenei

The culture of hijab has long been one of the most important religious rituals and has been considered a textual and reasonable principle to preserve the female personality and privacy of the family in different religions. The importance of hijab is such that in addition to elevating the position of women in individual and social affairs, it plays an important role in controlling sexual instincts and preventing the instability of the family's foundation and the spread of social corruption. Therefore, considering the valuable role of hijab and chastity, Western global arrogance has sought to replace and promote the culture of nudity and lack of hijab under the pretext of championing women's freedom and rights.
The present article, using a descriptive-analytical method aims to analyze Ayatollah Khamenei's statements along with narrative and scientific arguments, to explain and prove the role of hijab in order to negate the propaganda of forced hijab deception by explaining the rationally selective role of hijab. It is believed that Ayatollah Khamenei considers hijab as a value issue that conforms to human nature, and prevents the unrestricted mixing of men and women in society.
The root of the West's struggle against the culture of hijab can be traced to "the tendency to spread its degenerate and deviant culture worldwide", "instrumental view on women ", "the dominance of Western culture in destroying the people's religion" and "making people unreligious". His Eminence also stresses the necessity of standing against the culture of vulgarity and nudity in the West and not being deceived by the nonsense of Westernization advocates, by mentioning the benefits of the hijab and chastity, such as: “ensuring security for men and women,” “respecting women’s dignity and distinction,” “controlling sexual instincts,” and “coherence.” “Family.”.