Hijab controversy ||Wearing the Burkha is constitutional right of Muslim women ||INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM
Channel: RELAXING MIND
Date: 2022-02-09

Wearing the Burkhas is the constitutional right of the Muslim women.

Majede Najar is a 16-year-old Iranian-Canadian student who holds multiple identities between her religious family and Western society's norms. She speaks about the experience of wearing a hijab at mosques in Canada.
Majede Najar: Why I wear a hijab


How Swami Vivekananda identified  with his dress up to show his Religions Like in the same way Hijab is a muslim dress.Its a matter of INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM under the constitution

Burkha and Hijab at a Christian College near Mangalore is barred At a discussion at Swaraj Express Tv, Kannada Channel, I happened to discuss the issue of girl students wearing Burkha in the college. In a Christian college near Mangalore, the college admin has barred the women from wearing Burkhas, beacuse of which there has been a protest outside the college. In this discussion, I kind of explained about the importance of Hijab and the constitutional rights that the Muslim women have to wear them in public places. In the course of the discussion I also made some broad strokes: 1. Burkha need not be black always. Women can wear any colored burkha. 2. In Tamilnadu, in Ramnad district, Muslim women observe Hijaab by wearing Sarees, that are covered by draperies over them. The Muslim women there have mixed cultures that make the Non-Muslims there feel more of a south Indian culture. 3. In colleges, if any such issue arises, then the leaders of communities must sit together to solve the problems amicably. If people sit together, then hundreds of solutions will be found for every single problem. Let's not engage in protests and violence. We must rather engage in discussions. 4. In certain places, the faces of women have to be kept open for security reasons. There are differences of opinions amongst the scholars of Islam with regards to the covering of the faces. However, those scholars who deem the faces to be covered as obligatory, have also made some exceptions to this general rule. The places and scenarios of exceptions may be while taking medical treatment, while trading and transacting, while standing as witness before judge, while performing hajj and so on. Therefore we must also understand the situation in colleges and take opinions from the Muftis according to the issues. 5. The issue of such kinds were heard about 15 to 20 years before in France. The girls there were not allowed to wear head scarves in some colleges; because of which the Muslim communities across the world started many schools and colleges. In Bangalore, since the past 10 to 15 years, many Islamic schools and colleges have been sprouting. The Muslim children who were studying in the Christian convents are now studying in Muslim institutions. The Christian schools are facing a major problem without enough admissions in the Bangalore North, wherein the Muslim population is pretty dense. Due to this problem, the Christian schools have even started Qur'an classes in their institutions to attract more admissions. 6. Hijab means debar. It's a barrier between men and 
women. It's not necessary to wear only Burkhas to fulfill the need of observing Hijaab. Burkha is one such dress; but not the only dress. In western countries the women there also wear long overcoats and blazers to cover themselves in order to observe hijab. Hence if in case the people in a particular area are finding the Burkhas to be out of their college decorum, then something can be brought out as an alternative that can fullfil the criteria to observe hijab. Women can wear long gowns that are not transparent; and that are not tight or thin, in order to make it conducive for the college atmosphere. Scarves can be worn to cover their heads. 7. In Malaysia, the Muslim women there wear printed multicolored Burkhas that look more blended with the Malaysian culture. 8. Wearing the Burkhas is the constitutional right of the Muslim women. If in case they want to legally fight the case, they may very well go to the court too. 9. Let people observe their religious customs. Let us not politicise these issues. 10. We muslims in India want to live with peace amidst the pluralistic societies. While doing so, we also want to practise our religion without compromising in any of the tenets of Islam.