"This Is What History Says...": Kerala Governor Amid Hijab Row
NDTV
The hijab controversy has spread to different parts of Karnataka with Hindu students too responding by turning up in saffron shawls.
Amid the row over wearing hijab in schools and other educational institutions in Karnataka, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Friday said there were instances of women refusing to wear the veil when one traces the history of Islam.
He was replying to a question regarding his stand on the ongoing hijab row in the neighbouring state.
Though he did not elaborate his point, Khan narrated the story of a young woman, said to be a relative of the Holy Prophet, to prove his point.
"I will tell you just one quote... A young girl, who was brought up in the household of the Prophet himself... and she was the niece of the wife of the Holy Prophet. She was proverbially beautiful...," he said. "This is what history says... read it," Mr Khan told reporters.
