In my opinion wearing burqa or hijab is a disgusting relic of feudal subjugation and servitude of Muslim women, and should be quickly done away with, not by force, but by educating and enlightening people, including Muslim women.
Some people say that Muslim women wear burqa or hijab of their own free will, and are not forced to do so. My reply is that the force which compels Muslim women who wear the burqa or hijab to do so is the force of feudal customs, habits and practices, which stamp the feudal sign of inferiority on a woman wearing it. If this force of feudal customs and feudal practices did not exist hardly any Muslim woman would wear the burqa, which only imprisons her.
Some people say that not covering the body has led to rapes of women. This is a stupid argument. Nobody is saying that women (or for that matter, men) should go around naked. But if a woman is wearing a sari or salwar kurta, or even jeans and a shirt is she going around naked?
I appeal to Muslim men, particularly the youth, to follow the example of the great Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, who abolished feudalism and feudal practices, such as wearing the burqa and following the outdated and oppressive ( particularly to women) shariat law in Turkey and modernized it.
-Justice Katju
Some people say that Muslim women wear burqa or hijab of their own free will, and are not forced to do so. My reply is that the force which compels Muslim women who wear the burqa or hijab to do so is the force of feudal customs, habits and practices, which stamp the feudal sign of inferiority on a woman wearing it. If this force of feudal customs and feudal practices did not exist hardly any Muslim woman would wear the burqa, which only imprisons her.
Some people say that not covering the body has led to rapes of women. This is a stupid argument. Nobody is saying that women (or for that matter, men) should go around naked. But if a woman is wearing a sari or salwar kurta, or even jeans and a shirt is she going around naked?
I appeal to Muslim men, particularly the youth, to follow the example of the great Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, who abolished feudalism and feudal practices, such as wearing the burqa and following the outdated and oppressive ( particularly to women) shariat law in Turkey and modernized it.
-Justice Katju
