Hijab-clad students offered flowers by ladies outside University of Kashmir

By: Javaid Malik MK

Srinagar

Some ladies were seen on Monday offering the Hijab-clad students flowers while they were entering the University campus. This is for the first time that the Hijab-clad students were given flowers in Kashmir; perhaps it is because of the recent Hijab controversy which is still going on in Karnataka.

According to KNT in its news report on Monday it said as follows.

The local ladies were seen waiting outside Kashmir University carrying flowers in their hands and they were offering the flowers to those students who had put on hijab.

Hijab controversy has erupted in the Indian southern state of Karnataka where a lesser-known Hindu outfit is demanding a ban on the hijab in schools and colleges. The matter has gone to court.

Speaking to news agency Kashmir News Trust, one of the ladies part of the group distributing flowers said that nobody has the right to decide about one’s attire. “Hijab is our choice and nobody can force and dictate us what we should wear or eat. Our beloved Prophet (PBUH) has maintained that women should wear veils and not mingle with men,” she said.

Earlier, in South Kashmir’s Shopian district, a protest in support of hijab had erupted.

With KNT inputs