Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor has recently appreciated famous American model Bella Hadid for condemning banning Muslim women to hijab in India.
It happened yesterday when Bella Hadid took to Instagram and referred to as out India and different international locations for banning Muslim hijab.
The supermodel shared a number of information gadgets from a number of international locations and wrote, “In different types of discrimination: I urge France, India, Quebec, Belgium, and another international locations on this planet who’re discriminatory towards Muslim ladies, to rethink what selections you may have made or are attempting to make sooner or later a few physique that isn’t yours.”
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She added, “It’s not your job to inform ladies what they need to or shouldn’t put on, particularly when it’s pertaining to religion and security.
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Bollywood celebrities such as Sonam Kapoor, Neeraj Ghaywan and Richa Chadha also spoke on the issue Kapoor was however of the celebrities who supported Hadid’s Instagram post.
What’s happening in India over hijabs?
The ongoing hijab controversy erupted after the Karnataka government on February 5 issued an order mandating a dress code in all schools and colleges, with a ban on clothes that “disturb equality, integrity and public law and order”.
The country’s 200 million Muslim minority community fear the ban on hijab violates their religious freedom guaranteed under India’s constitution.
