Over the past few weeks, a controversy has erupted in Karnataka over the wearing of hijab by certain Muslim students.
This has resulted in a political slugfest with one side accusing the other of inciting communal passions.
The issue first came to light in January 2022 when certain leftist portals reported about 6 girls from Government PU college in Karnataka’s Udupi district being denied entry into classrooms because allegedly because of wearing hijab. The six girls out of the more than 70 Muslim girl students in the college intensified their propaganda through radical Islamic outfit Campus Front of India (CFI) which is affiliated to the Islamist extremist organization Popular Front of India (PFI).
Soon, counter protests began in other colleges of Karnataka with Hindu students wearing saffron shawls demanding equality to prevail in classrooms.
The matter has now ended up in the Karnataka High Court with the court restraining students from wearing hijab or saffron shawls to calm the escalating situation.
With such a highly charged atmosphere prevailing in Karnataka, the media in Tamil Nadu especially certain YouTube channels that are soft towards the DMK have been fanning the communal flames in the state through inflaming content.
One such channel named Galatta Voice has come out with a video in which the anchor hosts a bunch of Muslim women clad in burqa and hijab who make incendiary statements.
A few women in the video claim that they face the same situation in schools and colleges in Tamil Nadu.
One of the burqa clad woman claims that her daughter was once told by school headmaster to not stand in front of him wearing the hijab. “See how much threat we are under! I don’t understand why they get irked by seeing this dress (hijab/burqa)”, she says.
Another woman says that she considers wearing hijab/burqa a honour which was given to them (by their religion).
“We’re told to remove our hijab/video outside before we enter the campus.”, claims another woman.
“Today in Karnataka, they were thrown out and gates shut. Here, it has not gone to that extent”, another burqa clad woman claims. It is to be noted that the six girls in Karnataka who suddenly started wearing hijab were not denied entry into the school but were asked to enter the classroom without the hijab as per the uniform code.
At one point, the anchor who is known for being provocative, asks a very incendiary question saying “Are you in fear or are you in a frame of mind to handle it ‘differently’ by the left hand?”
One lady responds that she is not scared of “wolves”. “These wolves eat only the decomposed. They drink cow urine and eat dung and hence their brains will also be decomposed. We Muslims are like lions.”, the burqa-clad woman says.
“We will protest and are even willing to sacrifice our lives for that. We don’t jump to protesting fearing for our lives.” one woman exclaims.
“Is the bravery shown by that one girl (the girl who yelled Allahu Akbar in front of camera) enough? Or you want more?” another old woman in burqa warns.
Another Muslim woman says that they will never ever give up Islamic practices for the sake of anything.
“Just like how we faced CAA-NRC, it is through the hijab movement we will attain victory”, a Muslim woman who claims to be a doctor tells.
“We will thrash any RSS man who comes our way.” another young burqa-clad woman warns.
“We will come wearing hijab. You’ve no other option but to teach. Allah has given the strength to fight for this. We will fight and emerge victorious”, another old woman says vociferously.
It is to be noted that the YouTube channel is popularly known for towing the line of the DMK and acting as a mouthpiece for the party.
The video which was premiered on February 12, 2022 has already got more than 1.5 lakh views.
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