Kerala Governor lashes out at Muslim leader for 'humiliating' schoolgirl on stage

Reacting to a video of a Muslim leader scolding event organisers for inviting a schoolgirl on stage, Arif Mohammed Khan said the incident showed how clerics continue to push Muslim women into seclusion.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Wednesday strongly criticised Muslim leader Abdulla Musaliyar for 'humiliating' a schoolgirl on stage. On May 10, Musaliyar was caught on camera scolding members of Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (SKJU), an association of Kerala Sunni scholars, for inviting the schoolgirl on stage during a felicitation event in Malappuram district.

Taking to Twitter, the governor said, “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.”

Hon'ble Governor Shri Arif Mohammed Khan said: "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":PRO,Keralarajbhavan(T 1/ 3)

Arif Khan also quoted the holy Quran and said, "Women shall have rights similar to the rights against them according to what is fair and reasonable, but men have an added degree of RESPONSIBILITY towards them -2.228.”