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‘Hijab an obligation’: Zaira Wasim questions ‘injustice’ against Muslim women

Published on Feb 21, 2022 08:07 pm IST

  • Actor Zaira Wasim is the latest among the celebrities to comment on the controversy surrounding Hijab. In a long post on Facebook, Zaira Wasim who quit acting due to religious reasons called out those making Muslim women choose between education and religion. She added that Hijab was not a choice but an obligation in Islam and it was an injustice to ask the women to choose, "I, as a woman who wears the hijab, resent and resist this entire system,' she said. Her statement comes at a time when the matter is still pending in the Karnataka High Court. Watch this video to find out what happened.

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