Man booked for wearing burkha, entering ladies toilet


Panaji, Feb 17 (IANS): Police in Goa booked a 35-year-old state government employee for dressing as a Muslim woman in a burkha, and entering a ladies toilet at the central bus stand here, on Saturday.

The accused, Virgil Fernandes was booked after he was caught by the commuters, while exiting a ladies toilet at the bus stand, wearing a burkha and black head gear.

"The accused has been booked under Section 419 (impersonation) for trying to impersonate a Muslim woman, in order to enter a ladies toilet at the Panaji bus stand," a Goa Police spokesperson told reporters.

  

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  • SmR, Karkala

    Sun, Feb 17 2019

    In Islam, historical references suggest that women in the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) house and the community had to cover their face. The Quran also encourages dressing modestly.

    The verse in the Quran which is the clearest on the requirement of dressing modestly is Surah An-Nur (24:30–31), which says:

    “And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof.”

    Also Surah Al-Ahzab (33:59): “Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them…”

    The misuse of Muslim women modest dressing is very common from the old days of Bollywood movies to the incident of entering the toilet. But with increasing the security threat 'Burqa' is seen in the same way Sikh wearing 'Turban' after the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
    The dangers of 'Burqa' or 'Cloak' is used by the political parties like BJP using against opposition Congress party is the new trend.
    As many media house self-censored, I would like to bring to the notice to the reads and commentators how Muslim women modest dressing is misused to target the Congress developments.
    In a new questionnaire released by the BJP social media cell seem to believe that Indians lived in the Stone Age till 26 May 2014.
    It posses set of the question with Prime Minister Modi's picture and one of the questions reads "Congress hides behind a Burqa of secularism to hide its failure".
    This irrelevant subject proves that BJP-RSS nefarious plans to use them for political mileage to divide the nation for majority vote bank ahead of Lok Sabha elections.
    Ironically, none of the Mulsim organizations of the nation had taken note of it or filed a defamation suit against BJP's IT cell for 'Blasphemy' of Islamic Quranic teaching.
    Jai Hind

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  • Arvind B, Mangalore

    Sun, Feb 17 2019

    Is he tourist? Or a self proclaimed Roman , who assumes to be a foreigner demeaning Indians? Ha ha Ha.
    The cops should have trashed him .

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  • AFWAN, KARKALA

    Sun, Feb 17 2019

    TIK TOK user...

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Sun, Feb 17 2019

    While exiting commuters noticed him. That mans while coming out he had removed the bukaha. ?

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  • ca girishkk, m'lore/dxb

    Sun, Feb 17 2019

    Once again... FEKUISM attitude...!!!!
    Hindustani's must purge this virus for the betterment of the society.......!!!

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sun, Feb 17 2019

    This Pervert needs minimum 5 Years ...

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  • Shankar, Mangaluru

    Sun, Feb 17 2019

    Was 5 years sufficient for you?

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