No 'purdah' reason for rapes in India: Karnataka Congress MLA on hijab row
India Today
Karnataka Congress leader Zameer Ahmed claimed that India records the highest number of rape cases because women don't do "purdah" or veil their face.
Amid the ongoing row over hijab in Karnataka, state Congress leader Zameer Ahmed on Sunday claimed that India records highest number of rape cases because women don't do "purdah" or veil their face.
In a video shared by news agency ANI, Ahmed could be seen as sayin, "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.
#WATCH | Hijab means 'Parda' in Islam...to hide the beauty of women...women get raped when they don't wear Hijab: Congress leader Zameer Ahmed on #HijabRow in Hubli, Karnataka pic.twitter.com/8Ole8wjLQF
Ahmed's statement comes amid the ongoing row over hijab on the high school and college campuses in certain parts of Karnataka. The controversy started in January when six girls in hijabs were denied entry into Pre-University College in Udupi. When the girl students protested against the college's uniform policy, some students turned up wearing saffron scarves.
