Pratik Kanjilal ByThe irony of Iranian women agitating against the hijab and Indian schoolgirls insisting on wearing it has not gone unnoticed. But it’s the New Yorker that has pushed the envelope, projecting New York activist Masih Alinejad as ‘The Exiled Dissident Fuelling the Hijab Protests in Iran’. In the popular imagination, Saudi Arabia is the true home of Muslim modesty, but that’s not true anymore. Pratik Kanjilal(Tweets @pratik_k)Editor of The India CableThe irony of Iranian women agitating against the hijab and Indian schoolgirls insisting on wearing it has not gone unnoticed. But it’s the New Yorker that has pushed the envelope, projecting New York activist Masih Alinejad as ‘The Exiled Dissident Fuelling the Hijab Protests in Iran’.

Source: Indian Express October 01, 2022 01:42 UTC