A Muslim woman breastfed her child on the subway and faced criticism (6 photos)

They noticed on social media: she's wearing a headscarf, yet she's breastfeeding her child in public. As the saying goes, either take off your cross or put on your underwear.





You'll meet all sorts of people in the Moscow metro! Fashionistas in ridiculous clothes, weirdos, and Muslim women in chadors who see the world only through the mesh of their thick veils. Recently, witnesses observed one passenger breastfeeding her child. Everything would be fine, but this happened right in the subway car, in front of other people. Moreover, the woman was a Muslim wearing a headscarf, but for some reason she didn't cover her breasts, leaving them on full display.



Human Rights Council member Marina Akhmetova noted on her Telegram channel that the image of modesty usually invoked in defense of headscarves and hijabs somehow doesn't align with the woman's behavior.

"We wear a hijab, but we breastfeed our baby in public. I'm not against breastfeeding a child anywhere, as long as he wants to eat. But, in my opinion, this act is a sacrament, a secret one, and if it can be performed privately, then it's better not to. However, prayer is also a sacrament, and it's also not suitable for public places. I had this argument prepared for future reference to those who advocate public prayer: just as you don't like it when a woman exposes her breasts to breastfeed her baby in public, we don't like it when a private prayer is performed ostentatiously. However, this photo disarmed me, erasing my argument. You can wear a hijab and not be embarrassed by an exposed breast. For a Muslim woman, this is impossible. Which once again confirms: many believers for whom the external, attributive part is important are only nominal believers. The hijab is just a pose. These people don't restrict themselves in any other way. "They're getting ready," Akhmetova wrote on social media.

This photo sparked a heated debate on social media. Some commenters argued that there's nothing sacred about breastfeeding in public—babies sometimes demand food at odd times. Others insisted that the woman could have covered herself to avoid exposing her naked body. And many commented on the fact that the woman breastfeeding is wearing a headscarf, not a hijab (apparently, that makes a difference).





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Breastfeeding in public is a topic that periodically raises public concern. Even the State Duma occasionally attempts to address this issue and ensure the right to breastfeed infants without hindrance.

First Deputy Chair of the State Duma Committee on Family Protection, Tatyana Butskaya, is confident that women's rights in this regard should be enshrined in law:

"I really want to stipulate that no one can prohibit, expel, or prevent a woman from breastfeeding her child in a public place. A woman's right to choose where to breastfeed should not be limited by the fact that a public place does not have a designated nursing room."