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Wearing Hijab In Public Wonโ€™t Be Tolerated

Bhopal: There is an outrage over Muslim students in Karnataka being denied permission to wear hijabs. Amid this BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur who is accused of Malegaon blast case and s out on bail, warned women against wearing one in public at all, and said that โ€œit will not be toleratedโ€.

Pragya Thakur has a history of passing controversial remarks, declared โ€œthere is no need to wear a hijabโ€ because Hindus โ€œworship womenโ€ and  continuedโ€ people who are not safe in their houses need to wear a hijabโ€.

At an event organized at Madya Pradeshโ€™s Bhopal, she said, โ€œNo need to wear hijab anywhere. People who are not safe in their houses wear hijab. You have a madrasa. If you wear hijab there we have nothing to doโ€ฆ outside, where there is โ€˜Hindu samajโ€™, they are not required..โ€

โ€œHijab is purdah. Purdah should be (used) against those who see you with evil eyes. But it is certain Hindus donโ€™t see them with evil eyes as they worship women,โ€ she said.

โ€œYou should wear hijabs in your homesโ€ฆโ€

Last year in the month of December, the controversy over the hijab row erupted at Karnataka, after six students in Udupi district challenged the restriction.

Over the next few weeks, protests spilled over into neighbouring districts and exploded after right-wing Hindu groups jumped in brandishing saffron scarves and flags, leading to tense stand-offs and disturbing scenes of young girls being heckled and turned away from educational institutions.

The Karnataka High Court is presently hearing a petition from the Udupi students, whose lawyers yesterday pointed out โ€œhundreds of religious symbols โ€“ dupattas, bangles, turbans, crosses and bindisโ€ were worn without question every day, but the hijab was targeted on religious grounds.

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