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“Burqa … is an essential part in Islam which our mothers & sisters wear it by their own concern no one force them.”

Awhile ago, I said on this blog that I wasn’t going to cover the big-ass burqa story going on in India, because so much of it is in fact motivated by bigotry; but I’ll make an exception for this exceptionally stupid statement by an Indian politician. As one of many amused Twitter responders puts it:

If Burqa … is “essential” for Islam, then how can it also be by choice for Muslim women?

Margaret Soltan, February 18, 2020 8:33AM
Posted in: swaddled masses yearning to breathe free

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One Response to ““Burqa … is an essential part in Islam which our mothers & sisters wear it by their own concern no one force them.””

  1. charlie Says:

    We needed to put a burqa over Harvey Weinstein…

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