Under The Veil, We Are Free Souls.

[ghulam muhammed]

Under the veil, we are free souls!

Just because a woman is wearing the burqa, it does not necessarily mean she is oppressed. And come to think of it, every Muslim is not a supporter of the Taliban and, on the contrary, many are against them.

I'm a regular teenager who loves everything that has to do with fashion. I don't fancy covering my head like Muslim women are supposed to either and I consider myself someone with a neutral view of things. But the recent hoopla on in social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter over Muslim women being oppressed and suppressed under the burqa is something that I strongly disagree with. I can't help saying that the media, along with certain sections of society, are exaggerating things as usual.

It is simply beyond my logic why people whine and create a lot of commotion over women wearing burqa, but are completely at ease with the so-called “forward” bikini-clad women. Society is okay even with celebrities posing nude for glam magazines but raise an uproar over burqa-clad women. This couldn't get any more disgusting.

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-pa ... 340117.ece