USA senate appointed Rashad Hussain pokes his nose into India’s Internal Matter
Students in Karnataka colleges are demanding that they be allowed to attend classes wearing a hijab
There is some howling being done by vested interests in few countries against the the hijab controversy in India. Apart from Pakistan, terrorists of Khalistan Groups from Canada have started shouting in a chorus on the issue.
Yesterday, even a US government body that monitors and reports on religious freedom abroad ( though they turn a blind eye on happenings in the USA itself) had criticised Karnataka Govt on the Hijab issue.
Rashad Hussain, with high sounding appointment of the Ambassador at Large ( though no country even bothers about his foolish utterances) for International Religious Freedom, or IRF, tweeted “hijab bans in schools violate religious freedom”, referring to the controversy in Karnataka that has prompted the state government to keep schools and colleges shut till the high court completes looking into petitions on the hijab ban.
Mr Hussain was appointed Ambassador-at-Large for IRF by the US Senate in December last year. He is the first Muslim Ambassador-at-Large for IRF. He previously held several high-level positions in the US government including serving as the Special Envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation during the Obama administration.
King of Jordan Hussain Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein reigning since 7 February 1999 is a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is considered a 41st generation direct descendant of Prophet Muhammad. Abdullah’s dynasty, ruled Mecca for over 700 years—from the 10th century until the Saud conquered Mecca. The Hashemites are the oldest ruling dynasty in the Muslim World. According to family tradition, Abdullah is the 41st-generation descendant of Muhammad’s daughter Fatima and her husband, Ali. His family never wares Hijab and neither it is enforced in his country.
However the US Senate appointed has to poke his nose into the Hijab affair.
India therefore has rightly responded and said that motivated comments on internal issues are not welcome. Muslim students in several Karnataka colleges are demanding that they be allowed to attend classes wearing a hijab.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that those who know India well would have a proper appreciation of the realities.
“A matter regarding dress code in some educational institutions in the State of Karnataka is under judicial examination by the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka. Our constitutional framework and mechanisms, as well as our democratic ethos and polity, are the context in which issues are considered and resolved,” Mr Bagchi said in a statement.
“Those who know India well would have a proper appreciation of those realities,” he added.
Mr Bagchi’s response came when asked by the media about comments by some countries on dress code in some educational institutions in Karnataka.
The hijab row started in Karnataka in December-end when a few students of a government pre-university college in Udupi who attended classes wearing headscarves were asked to leave the campus.
The matter then spread to different parts of the state, with youngsters, backed by right-wing outfits, responding by wearing saffron scarves.
With the protests taking a violent turn at some places earlier this week, the state government on Tuesday declared a three-day holiday for the institutions.
