‘Niqabis’ in Indonesia share struggles to fit into society

Shared passion: Indadari (second from left) founded the 6,000-strong community known as Niqab Squad. — The Straits Times/ANN

NEVER had they thought covering their faces with a full Muslim veil would open them to taunts and insults.

But they had been called “terrorists, ninjas, Batman” by strangers. They had been abandoned by friends. They had also been treated with disdain by the public.