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Blanket Condemnations

Introduction

The title of the article is Blanket condemnations: Contested feminisms and the politics of the burqa which is written by Erum Hasan. Burqa has been an identity of Muslim women used to cover their bodies. A burqa is actually a robe which is of loose fitting and is worn by some of the Muslim women in order to cover their body from head to toe. Burqa has been classified as the symbol of subjugation of women under Islam. This symbol has been a threat to the western world though and it has the capability to destabilize the liberal democratic foundations. Muslim women wear burqa in order to cover their bodies but this type of clothing is not particularly accepted in Western countries (Hasan, 2010). A burqa is basically a woman's statement of her statues instead of a religious statement. The thesis statement is that “a burqa clad woman belongs to a man, which could be her husband, father of brother that must be protected from the gaze of other women.”

Discussion

According to the article, “Blanket Condemnations: Contested feminisms and the politics of the burqa written by Erum Hassan, the author emphasizes on the statues of the women who wear burqa to cover their bodies. She emphasizes on the point that women who wear burqa are generally not considered to have their own rights; instead they are governed by their men. The thesis statement presented above also gives a clear view of this idea of the author. The following discussion will also include how the article moves on and what actions were taken by the authorities against the concept of wearing burqa in the Western society.

Erum Hasan has begun the article with her metro journey at the age of 14 in Paris being interrupted by a woman wearing burqa entering to the compartment. She has raised the concern on that metro car of the cultural uniformity which was being disturbed. Her feeling of resentment towards the women wearing burqa is also highlighted through her article. According to her, Muslim women are subjugated and controlled by their men in their life. A muslim woman has no control towards the dominated space of veil and vulnerability (Hasan, 2010). The burqa, a type of chador or niqab is a loose fitting robe being worn by Muslim women in order to protect the body from head to toe. This ...