Hyderabad: Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen who is known for her criticism on Islam and its teachings and who has been blacklisted and banished from Bengal region has made yet another controversial remark on hijab.
Wading into the row over wearing hijab in educational institutions, the accursed writer claimed that hijab, burqa, or niqab are symbols of oppression.
During an interview with India Today TV, Taslima said, “I believe that right to education is about right to religion.” She is quoted to have said: “Some Muslims think that hijab is essential and some think that hijab is not essential. But hijab was introduced in 7th century by some misogynist 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”.
The so-called author who never feels ashamed of making obscene remarks added, “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.”
