Monday, June 29, 2009

‘Burqa helps, makes me feel powerful’


'Burqa helps, makes me feel powerful'

I am wearing this out of choice. If somebody forced me to wax my legs and wear a bikini, I would have been a prisoner. My hijab lets people just focus on my work and my values, than on my body." Shaista says, "I think those who are forced to wear the hijab are enslaved." But banning any kind of clothing, says Maria, is a "violation of human rights" and such statements are "irresponsible". "Sarkozy should know if such practice is being followed for thousands of years, it has some use, otherwise it would have died out," she says. -- Irena Akbar

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