Women should not visit Dargahs: Telangana, AP Minorities Commission
He pointed out that it was not desirable for women to visit graveyard but stressed there was no ban as such.
Hyderabad: Minorities Commission chairman (for TS and AP) Abid Rasool Khan favoured women desisting themselves from visiting dargahs as they contain graves but was against any ban on their entry.
Reacting to Bombay high court verdict lifting ban on entry of women inside sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai, he said women should maintain decorum and dignity when they visit shrines.
He pointed out that it was not desirable for women to visit graveyard but stressed there was no ban as such. The chairman felt women being allowed to go inside sanctum sanctorum as part of evolutionary process.
“Women are now going to mosques and praying along with men in separate sections, especially in Hyderabad and Saudi Arabia etc.
“Earlier women used to stay at home and never used to go out, but today they are coming out and want to go to dargah, let them go and pray,” he said.