Thiruvananthapuram: Even when the hijab line made ripples throughout the country, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said that history showed Muslim women against the headscarf even at the time of the Holy Prophet, and argued that the beauty was not intended to be hidden.
Responding to the problem in New Delhi on Friday, the governor referred to a story from Islam to justify his view.
“A young girl, who grew up in the household of the Prophet himself and was his wife’s nephew, was very beautiful.
When her husband in line because he didn’t wear a veil, he said God had made me beautiful.
God has put a stamp of beauty to me.
I want people to see my beauty and Seeing God’s grace in my beauty.
Be thankful to God that God has made me so beautiful.
This is how women from the first generation behave.
That’s all I can say, “he said.
Then, he told the national media that who uses what, is their individual choice, but when students join their educational institutions to know that they have a dress code to be followed.
Lines erupted when the Karnataka government prohibits students from wearing headscarves in government schools and colleges in Karnataka.
The problem of snowballed became a large controversy, with some opinions supporting and opposing anti-hijab orders.
Hijab Row: Beauty is not meant to be hidden, said Kerala Governor
