'Women get raped when they don't wear Hijab': Karnataka Congress MLA Zameer Ahmed

Bengaluru, Feb 14: Bengaluru, Feb 14: Amid the controversial hijab row, Karnataka Congress MLA Zameer Ahmed passed a disturbing statement saying that India records the highest number of rape cases because women don't do "purdah" or veil their face.

 

 

While talking with a private media house, Ahmed said hijab is not compulsory, but those women who want to keep their beauty hidden can wear it to prevent getting raped. He said that there is nothing new in this, and this is a years-old system.

 

 

 

Ahmed said, "The concept of hijab is to keep girls, when they grow up, behind a 'purdah' [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 'purdah'."

 

"Wearing of hijab is not compulsory and this has been the practice for years," he added.

 

The statements by Ahmed Khan come at a time when the hijab row continues to engulf educational institutions in Karnataka and other parts of the country. The Hijab protests in Karnataka began in January this year when some students of Government Girls PU college in the Udupi district of the state alleged that they had been barred from attending classes. During the protests, some students claimed they were denied entry into the college for wearing hijab.

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