Zaira Wasim has rejected the notion of hijab being a choice. She called it an \u201cill-informed\u201d notion.
\u201cHijab isn\u2019t a choice but an obligation in Islam. Likewise a woman who wears the hijab is fulfilling an obligation enjoined upon her by the God she loves and has submitted herself to,\u201d she said in a social media post.
Wasim, who was a Bollywood actress before she decided to quit the entertainment industry in 2019, expressed her resentment over harassment and humiliation of Muslim students and teacher for \u201cmerely carrying out a religious commitment\u201d by wearing hijab in Karnataka and other places.
\u201cStacking this bias against Muslim women and setting up systems where they should have to decide between education and hijab or to give up either is an absolute injustice,\u201d she stated.
\u201cOn top of all this, building a facade that all this is being done in the name of empowerment is even worse when it is quite exactly the opposite of that. Sad,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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