‘If posing naked is called freedom…’: Abu Azmi on Ranveer Singh's nude photoshoot

Taking to Twitter, the Samajwadi Party leader sought to draw an analogy between a naked person and a girl covering herself with the hijab.

Published on: Jul 23, 2022, 15:06:22 IST

By HT News Desk, New Delhi

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Giving a political turn to actor Ranveer Singh's recent photoshoot, which saw the 37-year-old star go nude in front of the camera, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Abu Azmi sought to know if nudity is acceptable in the name of ‘art’ and ‘freedom’, then why is wearing of hijab by Muslim women under Islamic norms considered ‘oppressive’ and ‘discriminatory’.

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“If exhibiting your bare body is called art and freedom, then, why, on the other hand, if a girl wants to cover her body with the hijab according to her culture, it is termed as oppression and religious discrimination,” Azmi tweeted in Hindi on Friday.

“What kind of society do we want? If making your nude photos public is freedom, then why wearing of hijab is not?” the president of SP's Maharashtra unit added.

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The 66-year-old politician was referring to a controversy that erupted in the neighbouring state of Karnataka late last year, when, some girls in an Udupi college started coming for classes wearing hijab, prompting their Hindu classmates to protest.

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As protests for and against wearing of hijab in college campuses spread across Karnataka, the state government passed an order, prohibiting students from all religions from wearing religious attires on campuses. This was challenged in the Karnataka high court; after multiple hearings, the high court, on March 15, refused to overturn the state government's order.

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The matter is currently with the Supreme Court.

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