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"बुरखा घातलेल्या महिला रस्त्यावर चालताना दिसणे हे भारतातील सर्वात घृणास्पद दृश्यांपैकी एक आहे."

-डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर

पडदा/बुरखा या मुस्लिम प्रथांविषयी आंबेडकरांचे विश्लेषण समजून घेणे आजच्या काळात फार महत्त्वाचे आहे. आंबेडकरांच्या 'पाकिस्तान' ग्रंथातील पृष्ठ क्रमांक २३०

आणि २३१ वरचा मुस्लिम महिलांच्या स्थितीविषयीचा संपूर्ण उतारा (मराठी सारांशासहित) या थ्रेडमध्ये पुढे देत आहे. आंबेडकरांचा इस्लामचा अभ्यास आणि त्यांचे बुरखा/पडदा या प्रथेवरील सडेतोड आक्षेप या उताऱ्यातून दिसून येतात.
(इथे सोबत रामचंद्र गुहा यांनी २०१८साली शेअर केलेले ट्विट जोडले आहे)

१. मुस्लिम महिलांवर लादलेली पडदा/बुरखा व्यवस्था
"As a consequence of the purdah system a segragation of the Muslim women is brought about. The ladies are not expected to visit the outer rooms, verandahs or gardens, their quarters are in the back-yard. All of them, young and

old, are confined in the same room. No male servant can work in their presence."

२. महिलांवर सार्वजनिक ठिकाणी स्वतःला चेहऱ्यासकट झाकून ठेवण्याचे धार्मिक बंधन

"A woman is allowed to see only her sons, brothers, father, uncles and husband, or any other near relation who may be

admitted to a position of trust. She cannot go even to the mosque to pray and must wear burka (veil) whenever she has to go out. These burka women walking in the streets is one of the most hideous sights one can witness in India."

३. पडदा/बुरखा प्रथेचा मुस्लिम महिलांवर होणारा अनिष्ट शारीरिक परिणाम
"Such seclusion cannot but have its deteriorating effects upon the physical constitution of Muslim women. They are usually victims to anaemia, tuberculosis and pyorrhoea. Their bodies are deformed, with

their backs bent, bones protruded, hands and feet crooked. Ribs, joints and nearly all their bones ache. Heart palpitation is very often present in them. The result of this pelvic deformity is untimely death at the time of delivery."

४.पडदा/बुरखा प्रथेचा मुस्लिम महिलांवर होणारा अनिष्ट मानसिक परिणाम

"Purdah deprives Muslim women of mental and moral nourishment. Being deprived of healthy social life, the process of moral degeneration must and does set in. Being completely secluded from the outer world,

they engage their minds in petty family quarrels with the result that they become narrow and restricted in their outlook. They lag behind their sisters from other communities, cannot take part in any outdoor activity and

are weighed down by a slavish mentality and an inferiority complex.

५. पडदा/बुरखा प्रश्नाच्या गांभीर्याला अधोरेखित करणारे डॉ. आंबेडकर
"They have no desire for knowledge, because they are taught not to be interested in anything outside the four walls of the house.

Purdah women in particular become helpless, timid, and unfit for any fight in life. Considering the large number of purdah women among Muslims in India, one can easily understand the vastness and seriousness of the problem of purdah"

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