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As we are all aware in the land of India, there is a lot going on when it comes to our sisters and the law of wearing hijab.

And one of the states has now banned the wearing of hijab in schools for teachers and for students.

And as you have probably all seen some very distressing video footage from many different incidents across the country.

And this is a part of a much larger trend of the Hindutva BJP party to try to marginalize all the minorities and to make the claim that their land in India is a land only for Hindus and all minorities should feel out of place.

And there is more and more pressure that is being ratched up and we ask Allah's protection for them and for all of the minorities around the world.

Now today's talk is actually going to be probably part one, there is going to be part two as well.

Instead of jumping on the Quran and Sunnah, which is very important, instead of getting to the religious side, today I am going to take a step back and talk about it from a sociological perspective to understand what is going on.

Because the fact of the matter is that it is not just India where this is taking place.

In fact, almost 15 years ago the discussion began in France.

Even 30 years ago when I can say in the 90s the first case of a French Muslim reached the court where when she was wearing hijab.

And this continued to circulate in the 90s after the events of 9-11 until finally in 2010, France became the first western country to officially ban the Burka and the Nikab and to put restrictions on the hijab.

So this is the first European country to open this door and this opened up the floodgate, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, parts of Germany, certain localities in Italy, some spaces in Spain, Russia.

Luxembourg, Switzerland, Norway, every single, almost every single country started passing laws to ban the Burka or to ban the Nikab or to have restrictions even on the hijab.

And across Europe and even in India, Parliament's debated the Nikab.

Parliament's, I want you to understand what this means.

People that have been elected to take care of a country are discussing for days and weeks and months a piece of covering that some ladies wore.

When France was discussing the Nikab for weeks on end, some journalists calculated that in the whole country of France there were probably 1,900 Nikabi ladies.

The land of 70 million people, less than 2,000 ladies, chose to wear the Nikab.

And the parliament is stopping its business and not talking about health and taxes and what not.

And for days and weeks this is front page news until finally they end up banning the Nikab.

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