Taliban supports Karnataka burqa girls, praises their love for hijab and says Islamic values are bigger than any national cultur
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On Thursday, the Taliban extended their support to the Muslim girls wearing hijab in Karnataka and praised them for standing up for the “Islamic values” amid the Karnataka hijab row.“The struggle of Indian Muslim girls for hijab shows that hijab is not an Arab, Iranian, Egyptian or Pakistani culture, but an Islamic value for which Muslim girls around the world sacrifice in various ways and defend their religious value”, tweeted Inamullah Samangani, the Deputy Spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. We are using the term ‘spokesman’ rather than the usual ‘spokesperson’ because there are no women officials under the Taliban. This is a day after hijab donning Muslim girl students in Karnataka declared that they consider hijab as their first priority and education as secondary. Samangani added that it was pleasing to see Muslim women stand for their religious values and make sacrifices to defend it in various ways, especially in the ‘secular world’.Samangani had shared the image of the black burqa-clad girl in Karnataka who had raised Allahu Akbar slogans. Her photo had gone viral on social media. He also sharply retorted to a response by one Pakistani named Saleem Javed, who was insisting that the Muslim girls in Karnataka are protesting for ‘secularism’. Samanganin told Javed that he is a ‘fake secularist’ and by claiming that the Hijab girls support ‘secularism’ he is displaying ‘enmity with Islam’. According to reports, several Afghan women had staged protests against the Taliban’s hijab rule by wearing colourful outfits. They stood against the group’s interpretation of Sharia law. However, Taliban gunmen raided the homes of women’s rights activists in Kabul and arrested them, for demanding basic rights.Hindu students have been objecting to the hijab demand and have stated that if the college allows hijabs, they will start wearing saffron shawls inside classrooms too.While the Court is yet to rule it’s judgement, the ‘left-liberals’ and the Islamic fundamentalists are supporting and instigating the Muslim girls to violate the established rules on uniform dress code