Those who haven't read the article “Mahsa, you are an immortal symbol “ written by Hamid Chennamangalur in the Mathrubhumi Weekend edition of October 2, 2022 must read it.He writes,” I don't know if some of our public intellectuals and politicians who claim to be the apostle of progressive thoughts and human rights have heard of Mahsa Amini. “ The article begins with Mahsa being a Kurdish Muslim woman who was arrested by Iran's official morality police for not wearing the hijab properly and died in custody. He is worried about the growing Islamicity.
He points out in the article that it is spreading even in a very free country like India. As the multi-faceted religion of Islam has given way to Islamicity, external wearing such as hijab, purdah and niqab, which are not related to the basic creeds of that religion, are being changed into inviolable parts of religious belief. There were many public intellectuals and politicians around us to raise their voices for the hijab rights of Muslim female students in Karnataka. Even our Chief Minister appeared on the podium strongly criticizing the hijab ban. On the day the Chief Minister made that speech, there was a huge protest in Iran against the killing of Mahsa. Like some of our cultural lords, the Chief Minister did not hear Mahsa's cry. A Kurdish woman was martyred for her right not to wear hijab. Our political masters and cultural masters who thought they did not see it should read this sentence on the front page of the foreign newspaper ‘Asia’, 'Dear Mahsa, your name will become a symbol'.
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