New Delhi:The Imam of Jama Masjid in Ahmedabad’s Jama Masjid has given a controversial diagnosis. “If women are candidates like men, how will the hijab culture be protected? Shabbir Ahmed Siddiqui, a Muslim cleric, claimed that political parties field Muslim women with ulterior motives.In an interview the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid in Ahmedabad said, “If you make women MLAs, ministers or councillors, then the demand for hijab will be weakened. Then the government will say that your daughters are in parliament.
She is sitting in the assembly, the municipality. Imam said that if women are candidates for elections, they will have to go door-to-door and campaign. We have to talk to everyone. It is against Islam to talk to men of all religions.Shabbir Ahmed Siddiqui asked, “Is there a shortage of men?” Why are women being nominated? “Giving tickets to Muslim women is a conspiracy of political parties.
They think women now control the entire family. If you can control a woman, the whole family can be controlled.The question arises when the whole world is gradually moving towards the boycott of hijab. Even in a conservative country like Iran, when ordinary citizens are taking to the streets to demand the boycott of the hijab, how supported is the decision to keep women away from the political arena just for the sake of hijab culture in a liberal country like India?
