Shiv Sena, which is facing flak over pushing Mumbai University to withdraw Rohinton Mistry’s Booker prize-nominated book, today opened a new front by calling for a ban on the burqa (veil) worn by Muslim women.
“If the burqa is used to steal children, then we demand that it be banned as per law,” an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamna said.
A two-month-old baby boy was kidnapped on October 15, allegedly by an unidentified burqa-clad woman from a civic-run hospital in suburban Santa Cruz.
The editorial lauded the French government on its decision to ban ‘burqas’ and other full-body robes.