To Hijab Or Not To Hijab

Dear Balajee,

I truly enjoyed reading your thread with great interest. You have hit the nail right on its head. Your comparison that practicing religion is a private matter just like conjugal relationship and the state making a direction against hijab is equivalent of child abuse.

In a secular state, practicing religion should be their private right just like any other constitutional right like freedom of speech and freedom of press. Hopefully, better sense will prevail to withdraw such directives. It is so nice of you to compare the minority religion in Kashmir being forced to wear hijab with this situation where hijab is banned. Both such effort to go against the wishes of the children is outright wrong.

It amounts to targeting a religion with vengence. Your opinion reflects the right thinking citizen of India.

 

Dear Balajee,

I found myself agreeing to many points you raise The first one is "why girls?". It really breaks my heart. I agree with you that religion is personal and at the same time, I am okay with the dress code religious places impose - I think if we are entering another person's place of worship and if it is for curiosity reasons, if my curiosity is more important than the dress code, I will follow and then there is that word 'respect' - I respect what they follow or it is not my business to be there. I have to tell you that I have benefited so much especially in my travels while visiting churches and think I have become a better person for that. I realized the importance of that word 'respect'. I have to share a personal story here - one time I had a big gathering (in those days) for my neighbors - with a lot of little kids even some crawling babies. I requested that all guests take their shoes off and one neighbor said "no! my legs, my shoes, my wish!" I kept quiet but have not invited that person back again even though I continue to host get togethers. We are still friends, polite but we realize our differences and that's that! Perhaps it is a relief for that person too especially knowing they prefer only potatoes and peas as vegetarian food I don't know.

The way you have described what's happening in karnataka and kashmir is so heartbreaking. I would like to say that education should not be mixed with religion and then think of the days when all of us recited prayers before the start of the school and wonder now about it from the view point of others! Sometimes some students tell me that they do not want to go to church or temple and I tell them the same things you have mentioned here.

asking them to do what parents suggest for now so that when they do make a decision, it is because they have tried it and are informed about it. This certainly feels like they have opened a pandora's box! There is a system in place and working - goal being school is a place of learning and followers of all religions are welcome! I was disturbed reading about this whole hijab story

 

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Your comments about shorts being not allowed inside the Basslica, our family had a similar experience in the summer of 2008 when we were touring Italy, France, Spain, and Croatia for our 25th Wedding anniversary. My son had a long dreaded hair and always was wearing bandana (now he has a clean shaven head) to avoid the hair falling in the food. He wanted to pay respect to St. Paul and when he was paying respect someone approached him to remove his bandana as a mark of respect to the papal. My son immediately obliged. At least in holy places like that we need to abide by the dress code and learn such dress code before visiting these places. Interestingly, they didn't object to him wearing a short but only objected to his bandana.

 

Everybody is talking and debating about hyjab , but not really talking about the real problem.

No the karanataka government or schools are not telling the girls not to wear the hyjab they are telling when in class no hyjanb even in campus they can wear, only in class room.

People are misinterpreting and political parties are using it at their advantage.

I am form Karnataka my best friends are muslims most of them never wore burqa or hyjab, those who wore them used to remove and attend the class this was in 90s.

I think media is misleading more than anyone else.

I am not supporting anyone here just my thoughts.

 

Did you remove your bindi or Tilak? Why do you expect the Muslim girls to remove their hijab ?

Learn from Tamil Nadu that respects all religions.

 

I did not wear any bindi or tilak when I went to school....

Mu muslims friends did not wear hyjab or burqa to school

 

That's what i am telling , nobody is telling girls to not wear the hyjab they are just telling not to wear in classroom...follow the school uniform.

So please research before talking and don't spead hatred.

 

Did your school impose restrictions on people who wore bindi or tilak or people who tied religious threads on their hands ?