Zaira Wasim: Prejudice against Muslim women and setting up systems where they must decide between education and hijab is either a complete injustice
Ever since a government girls’ PU college in Karnataka’s Udupi allegedly barred students from wearing hijab in classes, ‘religious clothing’ has become a matter of debate in the country. The issue has led to several protests across the state. Now the film ‘Dangal’ fame zaira wasim Has also reacted to the hijab controversy. Taking to her Facebook handle, the former actress wrote a long note criticizing the ban on hijab in schools in Karnataka and termed it as unjust. He wrote, ‘Hijab is not an option but a duty in Islam. likewise a woman one who wears hijab Fulfilling an obligation placed upon the God whom she loves and has submitted herself to. I, as a woman who wears the hijab, with gratitude and humility, oppose and oppose this whole system where women are being restrained and harassed just for a religious commitment.’ She further said, ‘It is a complete injustice to stop this prejudice against Muslim women and to establish a system where they have to decide between education and hijab or either leave it. You are trying to force them to make a very specific choice that feeds on your agenda and then criticizing them while they are imprisoned in what you have made. There is no other option than to encourage them to choose differently. If this is not prejudice against those who affirm to act in support of it, what is? Above all, creating a mask that all this is being done in the name of empowerment is even worse when it is the exact opposite. sad.’ Zaira became a household name after her debut film ‘Dangal’. She was barely 16 then. However, he left the entertainment industry in 2019 saying that the acting profession ‘threatened’ his relationship with his religion. Zaira’s last film was Shonali Bose’s ‘The Sky Is Pink’ starring Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar in the lead roles.
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