I’m a Muslimah in a multi-racial and multi-religious Singapore.
I’ve went for a job interview at a government agency 2 months ago.
Just now, I received a call from the job interviewer.
To my dismay, the interviewer informed me that the agency is pleased with my qualifications, but she told me something that makes me feel so uncomfortable and disgusted for her agency’s ignorance and insensitivity towards Muslimahs.
The interviewer told me “For you to be hired, we require you to remove your hijab. Your qualifications fit the position well, but not the hijab.”
Ya Allah, I was so shocked and disturbed by this that I turned down the offer immediately because I was not prepared to remove my hijab for the job position in a government agency.
I’m so ashamed that this happens in multi-racial and multi-religious Singapore.