Shabana Azmi Hits Out At Kangana Ranaut For Her 'Not Wearing Burqua In Afghanistan' Comment On Hijab Row

Adding to the bandwagon of celebrities like Hema Malini, Javed Akhtar and Neeraj Ghaywan among others who expressed their opinion on the Karnataka Hijab row, Kangana Ranaut who is banned from Twitter took to Instagram to share her views.

In the midst of the debate intensifying on whether Muslim girls should be allowed to wear Hijab to schools and colleges, Kangana Ranaut said, "If you want to show courage, show it by not wearing burqua in Afghanistan... Learn to break free not cage yourself".

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She wrote this along with a screenshot of author Anand Ranganathan's tweet, which reads, "Iran. 1972 and now. From Bikini to Burqa in fifty years flat. Those who do not learn from History are doomed to repeat it."

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Shabana Azmi soon called out Kangana Ranaut's comment on Hijab row by writing on Twitter, "Correct me if Im wrong but Afghanistan is a theocratic state and when I last checked India was a secular democratic republic ?!!"

Correct me if Im wrong but Afghanistan is a theocratic state and when I last checked India was a secular democratic republic ?!! pic.twitter.com/0bVUxK9Uq7

¡ª Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) February 11, 2022

Earlier, Shabana Azmi had tweeted a photo of women wearing saffron coloured Hijabs. Along with the photo, she asked, "How about beating them at their own game ??"

How about beating them at their own game ???@RahulGandhi? ?@priyankagandhi? pic.twitter.com/Jxyg6NfRQZ

¡ª Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) February 9, 2022

Yesterday, Javed Akhtar said that he has never been in favour of burqa or hijab, but he slams the hooligans who attacked girls "that too unsuccessfully".

I have never been in favour of Hijab or Burqa. I still stand by that but at the same time I have nothing but deep contempt for these mobs of hooligans who are trying to intimidate a small group of girls and that too unsuccessfully. Is this their idea of ¡°MANLINESS¡± . What a pity

¡ª Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) February 10, 2022

Hema Malini had also commented on the ongoing controversy. She said that "wear what you want to wear outside school.

Here's all you need to know about the Hijab row.

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