While Indonesia is historically known for its , the last two decades have seen a shift toward conservatism .
Across the archipelago, 19 other young women did the same. They were the “Jilbab 19”—a group of high school students from SMAN 1 Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, who were facing permanent expulsion not for drugs, violence, or cheating, but for wearing a longer, looser, more “Arab-style” veil than the school’s prescribed uniform. jilbab mesum 19