Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai’s remark on the hijab controversy has backfired on Twitter with many calling her a “paid propagandist” and claiming that she was changing her earlier stand on veil, quoting excerpts from her book.
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai’s remark on the hijab controversy has backfired on Twitter with many calling her a “paid propagandist” and claiming that she was changing her earlier stand on veil, quoting excerpts from her book.
‼️ Dismantling Malala's hypocrisy ‼️
Excerpt from her book "I am Malala"
▶️Comments on Burqa
"Wearing a burqa is like walking inside big fabric shuttlecock with only a grille to see through and on hot days it’s like an oven." https://t.co/AiRcZlC8EZ pic.twitter.com/jKlSlKWSM1
Excerpt from 's book "I am Malala":
"Wearing a burqa is like walking inside big fabric shuttlecock with only a grille to see through, and on hot days it’s like an oven."
Why do you want to take Muslim women back to the 'dark age', Malala?? pic.twitter.com/pGz7ybiRSY
She was shot by Taliban for not following their orthodox customs.
Settled in UK. Got Nobel prize
Now wants girls in Indian Subcontinent to follow the same strict orthodox customs.
Hypocrite!
Malala is a hire on rent activist!!
RT if you agree!!
Ideally Malala Yousafzai should choose between the Nobel prize that she received for fighting Taliban’s oppression & advocating Burkha in schools.
— The Poll Lady (@ThePollLady)Recently, Malala Yousafzai has voiced worry about recent occurrences in Karnataka in which female students were not able to attend lessons while wearing a headscarf. Taking to Twitter, she wrote: "Refusing to allow girls attend to school with their hijabs is horrible."
“College is forcing us to choose between studies and the hijab”.
Refusing to let girls go to school in their hijabs is horrifying. Objectification of women persists — for wearing less or more. Indian leaders must stop the marginalisation of Muslim women. https://t.co/UGfuLWAR8I
Her comments came amid rising protests in the state's universities over the recent hijab ban looked to be out of control, with cases of stone-pelting and lathicharge recorded in various districts. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai stated on Tuesday that high schools and colleges would be closed for three days in order to ensure "peace and harmony."
The clashes erupted after a government institution in Karnataka's Udupi district forbade students from wearing hijab in class. Several students who refused to comply with the prohibition were denied admittance. Protests have expanded across the state since then, with some Hindu students and fringe organisations organising their own counter-agitations while dressed in saffron scarves and headdresses.
On Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court began hearing a plea filed by five girls at the Government Pre-University College in Udupi contesting the prohibition on headscarves in classrooms. The court adjourned without giving a decision.
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