‘Rapes Happen Because Women Don’t Wear Hijab’: Congress MLA Zameer Ahmed’s Shocking Statement On Hijab Row
India and its democracy varies in degrees of freedom of speech. While many are suggested to seal their thoughts, some others go on talking about things, that they probably shouldn’t. And the latter half in most cases is constituted by political leaders. And now giving his two bits on the current hijab row, Karnataka, state Congress leader Zameer Ahmed on Sunday claimed that India records the highest number of rape cases because women don’t do “parda” or veil their face. What really?
In a video shared by a news portal, Ahmed said, “Hijab means ‘parda’ (veil) in Islam. It is for hiding the beauty of girls when they come of age. Today you can see that the rape rate is the highest in our country. What do you think is the reason for this? The reason is that several women don’t wear hijab. The concept of hijab is to keep girls, when they grow up, behind a ‘parda’ [veil] to hide their beauty. Their beauty should not be visible. I think India has the highest number of rape cases in the world. It is because the women are not doing ‘parda’.”
#WATCH | Hijab means 'Parda' in Islam…to hide the beauty of women…women get raped when they don't wear Hijab: Congress leader Zameer Ahmed on #HijabRow in Hubli, Karnataka pic.twitter.com/8Ole8wjLQF
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He further added, “But, wearing hijab is not compulsory, only those who want to protect themselves and those who don’t want to show their beauty to everyone wear it. This has been in practice for years.”
His shocking statements came as a reaction to the currently boiling anti-hijab movement. The Karnataka hijab row began after eight female students of a government college in the state were banned from wearing their headscarves on campus. Followed by which the educational institute made a rule banning all Muslim students from wearing hijabs to college to maintain ‘harmony’ and ‘uniformity.’ Post the announcement, many students came protesting against the rule, and soon after a petition was filed in the High Court seeking redressal, but after the court directed the students to avoid wearing religious outfits until the matter is resolved, an appeal was filed in the Supreme Court challenging the order. The hearing of the petitions will continue on February 14.
