KT posted on Facebook under the title Hijab, nun’s dress and shorts. A nun is on the scene with a reply to Jalil MLA. Jalil’s remarks came in the context of the Supreme Court’s dissenting judgment on the issue of the ban on hijab in Karnataka. Sister Sonia Therese DSJ’s response follows.
‘Teachers who teach children what they shouldn’t understand don’t understand the contradiction of being scarred. It is disconcerting to say that where nun teachers are allowed to use the “hijab”, female students are not granted the same right.
In many colleges and universities, girls study as nuns. No one has ever objected. Nobody went to court. No court has intervened on the matter.
So what’s the hustle and bustle just for ‘Hijabi’?– Jalil asked in the note.
Sister Sonia Therese responded to this note. “First of all, a loving reminder to former minister Jalil that the hijab worn by young Muslim women should not be compared to the veil (veil) worn by Christian nuns. Because the headdress of Christian monks is not something that no one slaps in the face when young The sister’s note begins: “No one who is a Christian nun wears this veil or this monastic habit until she is 19 years old.”
“When Christian monks go to college to study, if that institution stipulates that they shouldn’t wear monastic robes, none of us will ever insist that I study there in monastic robes. Or none of us disturbs them with provocations and marches saying that they should break the law in an institution where 3000 children study for a nun. In an institute with a uniform code, if the law of the monastic church does not allow the adoption of such a uniform, one will study in another institute. Sister Sonia Therese says in the note: “We don’t have the degrading style of gathering people and messing around for a uniform.”
Full text of Sister Sonia Therese DSJ’s Facebook post
Former minister Shri KT Jalil yesterday on Facebook ‘Hijab, nun’s dress and shorts’. A nun’s response to a post titled:
First of all, a loving reminder to former minister Jalil not to compare the hijab worn by young Muslim women with the headdress (veil) worn by Christian nuns. Because the headdress of Christian monks is not something that no one slaps at a young age. Christian monks.No one wears this sun or this monastic habit unless he is 19 years old …
If a young Christian woman wants to become a nun and walks up the steps of a monastery, she will be told: ‘Inna apadu? The authorities of a sannyasya will not say, ‘Just put on this sun and these clothes and live here from now on.’ Because there are obstacles that you have to overcome. That is, for at least 5 years, one should clearly learn what sannyas is in the light of God’s word. being able to follow what he believes in life after learning clearly what the rules of the Sanyasha are and what the dress code of the respective Sanyasha is and why he wears it.
Today in Kerala there are more than 420 Sannyas Sabha (including various provinces), who live different spiritualities. Among these are those who wear a veil along with an ankle-length or knee-length dress, those who wear only a sari without a veil, those who wear both a veil and a sari, and those who wear only a churidar. The dress codes of each monastic order are different. We do not hesitate to be a little flexible depending on the time, the land and the culture … that is, we go forward, not backwards.
In this country where every woman over 18 is free to marry (I remember reading a few months ago that there are more than 20,000 young women in Kerala who are forced to marry from the age of 15 even though the constitution says 18 ) today it is a green truth that not even a Christian woman takes nun vows before the age of 19. remembering And among the nuns who make their first vows at the age of 19 or 20, none of them do the Nityavratam before the age of 24.
During the 6 years from the first vow to the eternal vow, the new nuns have all the freedom to leave the sannyasin if they feel like it. Even if a nun fasts daily, if she feels the desire to leave the sannyasi and get married, no one will force her. Likewise, no one decapitates them or cuts off their limbs …
“According to the Indian Constitution, adopting a favorite style of dress is not wrong. You wrote in your post that it is a fundamental right. So why are you so angry and grumpy with Christian saints …? Kerala High Court ruled that even the government does not have the power to change the uniform code of the individual institutions.
When Christian monks go to college to study, if that institution stipulates that they shouldn’t wear monastic robes, none of us would ever insist that I study there in monastic robes. Or none of us disturbs them with provocations and marches saying that they should break the law in an institution where 3000 children study for a nun. In an institute with a uniform code, if the law of the monastic church does not allow the adoption of such a uniform, one will study in another institute. We don’t have the classy riot style for a uniform …
We do not cover our faces in any way even when wearing long dresses and headdresses. Because hiding your face is equivalent to erasing that person’s personality. And then
Christian nuns do not wear monastic robes and headscarves for fear of someone’s lustful eyes. Instead, the long-sleeved dress has been worn by unmarried maidens and princesses for centuries. (Judeo-Christian tradition, did you hear?) These long-robed nuns are a testament to the millions of people who walk around thinking only of sex and sensuality. This is the testimony that there is another life beyond the pleasures of this world. A reminder that the gains and pleasures you get today are simply useless … No nun who knows this reality ever wears a monk’s robe as an ornament. It has not been forgotten that on this last day some people wear the habit of the Christian monk as an ornament for the sake of name and fame, attacking the Catholic Church …
Hideous protests are taking place in Iran today against the mandatory dress code imposed by the Iranian ruler who came to power in the 1979 revolution. Perhaps it is not news that none of the protests in Iran attract the attention of the Kerala media. There was a lot of pain when the Western media showed the courage of hundreds of young people who defied death to say they would not allow their freedom to be suppressed. Clothing should not be imposed on anyone, regardless of religion or lifestyle. And for an adult to grumble and blame a life partner he has freely chosen is an invasion of his fundamental freedom. So with a reminder that we can learn to respect each other
affectionately,
C. Sonia Teresa d. SJ
KT Full version of Jaleel’s Facebook post
Hijab, nun dress and shorts.
The hijab (headdress or veil) should not be mandatory for anyone. Do not forbid. In a country where half-naked and three-quarter naked are allowed, those who wish to forget all other parts of the body except the face and forearms should be able to. Or what is the name of injustice. One should not be seen as freedom and the other as non-freedom.
Deciding what to wear and what to wear is undemocratic. What you eat and what you wear is not a matter of concern for another. It is unfortunate that many women have to struggle to hide their breasts in a country where the struggle to forget breasts has taken place.
According to the Indian Constitution, adopting a favorite style of dress is not wrong. It is a fundamental right. The honorable courts must examine the matter according to the constitution. Not personally.
While it is true that the authorities have prohibited the wearing of hijab (veil, scarf) in an assisted private school in Kozhikode, it is completely unfair. It is up to the parents of the children who study in that institution to react against it. If they don’t complain about the management’s action, there is no point in strangers going to make noise.
It is unfair to impose conditions other than state schools in paid institutions even if they are private.
Teachers who teach children what they shouldn’t understand don’t understand the contradiction of being scarred. It is disconcerting to say that where nun teachers are allowed to use the “hijab”, female students are not granted the same right.
In many colleges and universities, girls study as nuns. No one has ever objected. Nobody went to court. No court has intervened on the matter.
So why the hype only in the case of ‘Hijabi’?
