AIMIM leader Waris Pathan on Monday said that the burqa is an essential part of Islam and that no one forces Muslim women to wear it. However, Twitter brutally trolled the former MLA for his comment.
It started with a tweet from author Taslima Nasreen. Taking to Twitter, she said that burqas are like chastity belts. She wrote, “Where are all the empowerwalis? Do they know why they are asked to wear burqas? Because men get sexually aroused when they see women. It means women are nothing but sex objects. Burqas are like chastity belts.”
Where are all the empowerwalis? Do they know why they are asked to wear burqas? Because men get sexually aroused when they see women. It means women are nothing but sex objects. Burqas are like chastity belts.
— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) February 17, 2020
Pathan slammed Nasreen for her statement. The AIMIM leader said that she should change her name and let people know that she was no longer a Muslim by her religious practice. He tweeted, “Madam you first of all change your name and let people know you are no longer a Muslim by your religious practice.
He added, “Burqa (HIJAB) is an essential part in Islam which our mothers & sisters wear it by their own concern no one force them. You are slave of those people who hate us.”
Madam you first of all change your name and let people know you are no longer a Muslim by your religious practice.
Burqa (HIJAB) is an essential part in Islam which our mothers & sisters wear it by their own concern no one force them. You are slave of those people who hate us https://t.co/tk2sNZAfwn
— Waris Pathan (@warispathan) February 17, 2020
However, Twitter trolled Pathan. A user wrote, “So much free choice that mothers and sisters have that if they indeed exercise that choice and refuse to wear a burqa they will be asked to change their name and denounce their religion!”
Another user wrote, “If Burqa (hijab) is “essential” for Islam, then how can it also be by choice for Muslim women?So @aimim_national thinks women who don’t wear it are not true Muslims?”
Here is how Twitter reacted:
So much free choice that mothers and sisters have that if they indeed exercise that choice and refuse to wear a burqa they will be asked to change their name and denounce their religion! https://t.co/Y0AufYtE0k
— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) February 17, 2020
If Burqa (hijab) is “essential” for Islam, then how can it also be by choice for Muslim women?
So @aimim_national thinks women who don’t wear it are not true Muslims? https://t.co/eXy2u0Ym2t
— Suryanarayan Ganesh (@gsurya) February 18, 2020
This is progressive Secularism….asking a woman to change her name bcos she criticises Islam.
And asking her about her missing Burqua, which as per him ,” mothers and sisters ” wear by choice ( not bcos Sharia demands it ) . https://t.co/Rb2aLiEP8y
— Tweetu Sultan (@englisbabu) February 18, 2020
That’s what you tell a bird in a cage.
“I need to imprison you for your own protection.”What disgusting mindset! https://t.co/ZgU0uIzNLu
— Swapnil D (@swapnilad) February 18, 2020
Essential aur choice ka sundar mishran! https://t.co/bxGcpZby7o
— RoomontheRoof (@aloketweet) February 18, 2020
There are two use cases of freedom –
1. Where Waris supports sitting on a protest on an arterial road because there is some law that has something inappropriate.
2. Where Waris orders change of name and renouncing of religion when a woman exercises a choice given. https://t.co/sjSh9e2woq— Bijoy Munshi (@Bijoy111Bijoy) February 18, 2020
Get real ! No woman will like to wear Burka, they wear because they are scared of their fathers , brothers, husbands , sons etc. And above all they are scared of all Mullas and Mullavis . https://t.co/iMtAAlXZn9
— Lt Cdr Shashi Singh (@shashisingh0707) February 17, 2020
“Essential” and “choice” hypocrisy is going sky high. https://t.co/k2Ei2XPQ9J
— Patrick Jane (@AdithyaPatelR) February 17, 2020