Hijab row: Asaduddin Owaisi calls Taslima Nasreen a symbol of hate
Hijab row: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi called Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen a "symbol of hate" and said, "Liberals are only happy in their freedom of choice."
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi called Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen a "symbol of hate" while reacting to her recent comments over the raging hijab row.
In an exclusive interview with India Today TV on Thursday, Asaduddin Owaisi said, "...I will not sit here and answer to a person who has become a symbol of hate. I will not sit here and answer to a person who had been given refuge and who's lying on the crumbs of India because she could not save her skin in her own country, so I will not sit here and talk about that person."
Asaduddin Owaisi's comments came a day after Taslima Nasreen spoke about hijab, burqa, or niqab being "symbols of oppression".
Asaduddin Owaisi criticised Taslima Nasreen for her remarks and said, "Liberals are only happy in their freedom of choice...The liberals want every Muslim to behave like them. The right-wing fundamentalists want us to leave our religious identity which the Constitution guarantees me."
LISTEN TO WHAT ASADUDDIN OWAISI SAID ABOUT TASLIMA NASREEN
"I will sit here and talk about the Constitution of India which has given me the freedom of choice, freedom of conscience and it has given me the freedom to carry on with my religious identity," Asaduddin Owaisi said.
Asaduddin Owaisi said that India is a secular country and that no one can tell him to "leave [his] religion".
"India is a multi-cultural, multi-religious country...but no one can tell me how to behave and no one can tell me to leave my religion, to leave my culture," Asaduddin Owaisi said.
WHAT TASLIMA NASREEN SAID ON HIJAB ROW
In an exclusive interview with India Today TV, Taslima Nasreen claimed that hijab, burqa, or niqab are symbols of oppression.
Taslima Nasreen said, "Some Muslims think that hijab is essential and some think that hijab is not essential. But, the hijab was introduced in 7th century by some misogynists because at that time women were treated as sex objects. They believed that if men look at women, men will have sexual urge. So women have to wear hijab or burqa. They have to hide themselves from men."
"But in our modern society, in 21st century, we have learned that women are equal human beings, so hijab or niqab or burqa are symbols of oppression. I think burqa reduces women to just genital organs," Taslima Nasreen said.
Taslima Nasreen even emphasised that education is more important than religion, adding that in a secular society, we should have a secular dress code.