Hijab controversy is escalating day by day. It has now turned into a communal tension. Chanting of religious slogans and stone pelting have been witnessed in Karnataka and all that is happening because of only one thing- Hijab.
No doubt wearing anything as per the personal choice is a fundamental right? But, is the communal violence over Hijab justified? What is this obsession with Hijab? More than religious, there are other reasons including human made customs and inconvenience that makes wearing Hijab a needless protocol for Muslim women.
Thus, we have tried to sum up 13 reasons explaining why Hijab is unnecessary. Interestingly, the reasons listed here have nothing to do with religion.
- Beginning with the inconvenience, the first and foremost reason why Hijab is unnecessary is that it covers the body which makes a woman sweat buckets during summers. Imagine wearing a cloth that covers your head to toe in summers when the temperature exceeds 45 degree Celsius. Well, it might sound easy for ‘some’ but it is not.
- Moving further, another reason is that Hijab covers your face to an extent that it even blocks the vision and peripheral vision, at very least. How is it possible to function the entire day with such a vision?
- Hair makes a woman look even more beautiful. It needs no bachelor degree for someone to understand that wearing hijab can make you compromise with the health of a woman’s hair. The prolonged covering of head is bound to cause hair issues and that can have adverse effects on your appearance.
- We are living in a nation that is dramatically developing its tech sector. While most of the mobile users have switched to face detection for unlocking the phone, the women wearing Hijab are still resorting to alphabetical and numeric passwords. That is because Phone’s face detection must have a hard time recognising the faces behind Hijab.
- If you will dig deep to know how Hijab can cause physical inconveniences, you’ll surtely come up with major issues like skin breakdowns and the respective issues. Prolonged use of Hijab can cause acne, rash, skin breakdown and even impaired cognition. Those seeking verification for the claim can visit dermatologists.
- I wonder how a woman wearing Hijab is recognized by her friends and colleagues. They people must have a hard time recollecting your face.
- This reason might sound a bit cute but women are entitled to wear accessories and look their best. But, imagine a woman wearing earrings under Hijab. She won’t be able to flaunt them no matter how pretty they are.
- How about eating food when wearing Hijab? It probably would get stuck in the Hijab which will make the woman look unhygienic. What will hurt even more is that the woman will not be able to enjoy her food.
- Imagine the plight of those wearing Hijab on windy days. It must be very difficult for them to keep it in place while crossing a busy road.
- Every person, be it a woman or man, has a child in him. A woman fully covered with Hijab is a walking brand ambassador of her religion. If the woman is a naughty one and sometimes steal things for fun, it can lead people to take digs at your religion because of Hijab. It is hard to imagine that how she will feel if the religion is criticized for her personal failing?
- Taking selfies while wearing Hijab might be irritating as they are meant to capture the beautiful faces.
- It’s not just the summers and windy days that can cause trouble for those wearing Hijabs. Even the rainy days can make it inconvenient for them. When someone gets drenched on a rainy day, he/she must be having hard time to walk home soaked.
- Women, irrespective of any religion, love experimenting with their But, those wearing Hijab cannot experience the pleasure to wear different clothes on different occasions. Quite sad!
Straight Question: Does their holy book Quran says Hijab is mandatory ? If not what dictates them that Hijab is needed ?
Since court rooms or halls are meant for public and supposed to enforce the Indian Constitution and Rights guaranteed by the Constitution, my Question to Courts and Judges,
Dear MiLords, Can we wear our religious dresses including NIQAB, BURQA, HIJAB to the court room or hall and hide my face under BURQA?
If not then how is that different compared to class rooms?
Quran is an unholy and ugly book full of violence towards infidels.
If they say they are following what is written in Quaran, then the question is why they were not following what is written in Quaran before last December? Are they saying that those Muslim women who are not wearing Hijab are not following Quaran? Let them declare that. Even Malala is not wearing Hijab. Many Western countries have forbidden Hijab when driving a car or in colleges. In many countries they don’t allow bikinis on regular roads.
At heart every Muslim believes in Ummah, one muslim community all over the world. Quran and Sharia for them are above any country’s Laws and Constitution. And seriously, they cannot go against anything written in the book or the reference material available to them in the form of Hadees. So, then to convince them to become inclusive to the laws, traditions, culture of any non muslim country is always going to be futile. They will always refer to their book, maulanas, leaders first before coming to any conclusion. Although they will say India is my country and I am a muslim later. But the fact is, a muslim is a muslim first and then he is Indian when it comes to matters of religion. Not easy to convince them. You have to make a law, punish and take action. Nothing else will work, it’s useless to do TV debates, voting or going to the court. Best is to ban it at all public places. Burqa, hijab is a security risk, doesn’t sit well with our culture. Ban it immediately.
We should think of the origin of the burka, hijab, etc. It was from a dry desert land and with hot dry sand filled winds and those people were nomads, wandering in the desert in that horrible weather. No wonder those women wore something to protect their skin. But Indian weather is so much better, no need for all that weather related wear. Which ignorant people pretend is religious