Amidst the furore over the wearing of hijab in Karnataka schools, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has expressed his views on the matter saying that the ‘right to wear hijab’ will make the Muslim women end up as losers.
Citing Islamic history, Khan said that the niece of the wife of Prophet Mohmammad had refused to wear the hijab.
“A young girl, who was brought up in the household of the Prophet himself, and she was the niece of the wife of the Holy Prophet. She was proverbially beautiful. In medieval times, she was chided for not wearing a hijab. What she said was that God had made her beautiful and the almighty had placed His stamp of beauty on her. She said I want people to see my beauty and see the grace of God in my beauty. This is how the women of the first generation of Islam behaved”, he said.
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He said that women in north India covered their faces with veils due to invaders adding that women nowadays don’t wear such long veils. “As time changes, so do the customs,” he said.
He went on to add that the furore over hijab is useless as those claiming to follow the Islamic rules today are actually losers.
“Those girls having problem with the uniform can go and join any such school where there is no compulsion of following the uniform discipline. They (hijab girls) should understand that when they’ve joined some school with certain principles and standards, they are bound to follow the rules of that institution”, he added.
Commenting on Malala Yousafzai’s remark over the controversy, Governor Khan said “Malala who supported the hijab may be misinformed about the issue. She fails to understand that if hijab right is accepted, Muslim women will become losers, their lives will become miserable”, he added.
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