Kerala governor questions political leaders over their silence on humiliation of girl
"I am so deeply disappointed that the whole political leadership is silent about it. And not just the political leadership, even the others are silent about it. I appeal to the national leadership of every party to come forward and protect the honour and dignity of our daughters," Khan said while speaking to reporters here.
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Kochi, May 12: After slamming a Muslim scholar who allegedly reprimanded organisers of an event for inviting a girl on stage to receive a reward, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said he was 'disappointed' by the silence of the political, social, and economic leadership of the country on the issue.
'I am so deeply disappointed that the whole political leadership is silent about it. And not just the political leadership, even the others are silent about it. I appeal to the national leadership of every party to come forward and protect the honour and dignity of our daughters,' Khan said while speaking to reporters here.
The incident occurred during the inauguration of a 'madrassa' building in Malappuram district, where students were felicitated recently. The memento was handed over to the girl by Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader Panakkad Sayed Abbas Ali Shihab Thangal.
Soon after the award was handed over, Muslim scholar M T Abdullah Musaliyar questioned the organisers as to why the girl was invited on stage.'Who invited a Class 10 girl to the stage? If you do this again... Don't call such girls here. Don't you know the rules of Samastha? Were you the one who called her? Ask her parents to come to the stage to collect the award. Don't do such things while we are sitting here. This will appear in photos and be telecast,' a visibly angry Musaliyar was seen telling the organisers, while Thangal was standing next to him.
The person who announced the name of the girl was seen apologizing to Musaliyar.
Taking to Twitter to express his displeasure, Khan on Wednesday had tweeted, 'Sad to know that a young talented girl was humiliated on stage in Malappuram district while receiving a well-deserved award simply because she was born into a Muslim family.'
This is yet another example of how Muslim clerics continue to push hard Muslim women into seclusion and suppress their personality in total defiance of Qur'anic commands and provisions of the Constitution,' he had said.
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