this perhaps the greatest leonardo masterpiece in the collection of the louvre and no, it is not the mona lisa. it is the virgin of the rocks, 2 versions, multiple copies, and a hidden drawing. was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful painting that perhaps we just don't understand? search for answers to february 10th on d, w. 57 years, asia coming up to date, a symbol of oppression or an item of empowerment. we look at how the he job divides opinion across muslim communities and countries. beginning in india, booster students in the southern states wants the right to where he job in the classroom. the government disagrees. and in indonesia,

an old job group of women, musicians is celebrated for making islamic 43 popular with younger audiences. ah, i british manager, welcome to the dublin news asia. glad you could join us. wednesday is well he job day and organize us hope this will foster better understanding for women who choose to wear the government to day on d. w. 's asia. we're looking at how polarizing this one item of clothing is it on. for instance, hundreds of thousands of women protested last year against it's mandatory wedding in the country. conversely, in india, most him student protested for the right to where he job in their classrooms. the protest in the southern state of connecticut last year began after the government ban in the supreme court still needs to decide on the matter. but for many muslim

students in the country, it's a matter of personal choice. didn't move in is getting her masters in communication. and jamie amelia is lamar university in delhi. she started wearing the her job about 7 years ago. and is one of 3 women in her class who do so. you know, she believes that women across the world, irrespective of their religion, should have the right to choose what they want or don't want to where good us as people also stared at her. but that she has gotten used to it. it wasn't something that came to me all through family. it was something that i discovered and chose, saw at the woman that i decided i was going to read her job. i think that moment it became a part of my identity and became a part of who i was. last year the southern state of karnataka saw major protest both for and against the he job. after 6 students were bought from attending

classes for wearing one officials shut down schools and universities for days because they feel while ends following the controversy, the could not at the high court upheld the ban on his jobs in classes stating that the her job is not essential to islam. later when the matter reached the supreme court, it delivered a split word act. rhythm often talks about the tensions and cannot go with her friend neela. who also, with the hedge up more, said that the controversy had nothing to do with the who job post c. instead, it was about reach yaki and men wanting to control women's choices, as well as with rising islam of phobia in india. non kyla says she does not think women read the job because the men in their lives forced them to. they do so because of their faith. and this is their right. but she and donna are both against the forceful imposition of a job. you can obviously, or a lot of the vest in media news, media in general, but as always portrayed up

a job. the woman as of breast of boston, whether he job is often seen as somebody who doesn't have their own opinions. somebody who doesn't have their own agency and who is governed by what the men in the life says, i do that agrees a job. she has wild to take legal recourse if somebody she is told to remove her her job. i know a friend of mine who was refused a job offer the condition for the job, was she after to move her to a job? and unfortunately, she had to leave it. we need to creating through the societies inclusion walk faces, where every one people from all cultures are accepted and all identities. an identical markers out accepted, both nila and rudolph struggle with prejudice every day. whether it is from an individual stare or a national debate. but this struggle has only strengthened their beliefs and the feeling of empowerment they see the he job has given them. and jeremy know from delhi for more context is award winning john mr. m commentator. see me parsha. see

me the he job debate in india. is it around the question of oppression versus empowerment, or is it something else? this is actually a very complicated addition to 5 in concerning it. on the other hand, you have, and it's not mr. hakim to necessarily read a job. and in the, on the other hand, that out of the women who want to get a job. and that in the national government has bad reading a new job in schools in canada because it actually started last february with a group of 6 going to be university college in it would be in canada, got them back from entering that classroom, my reading job, this good administration said been interesting that they have to remove any job and the goal is that they're reading it because they don't want to come without the job in front of men. and some of the teachers will meet the shows and the standard continue to do. and then it actually became a matter of it. so the guys

a foster choose between that i do this even education, which is a fundamental, i mean yes, but i took it back to digital, which is also on mentors i and would like to wear what you want to weigh, which is i think a basic idea of the individual in the voice would enjoy the state actually has no right to enter anybody's. but then it started up to really sort of interrupting you see me, but then the high court, another cannot take a high court said in this matter that hey, job isn't essential to islam. why do the students have a problem accepting that? so this is not about the, this is not with the fact it's off waiting on the job is essentially the back of islam or not. it's the good a y d, b for to choose between back to think of if you just believe said david. and so i had right, so basic education, in fact the orders of canada got high, but was also challenged in the supreme court, which then delivered a date that came in october last. yeah. so basically the one of the defending

judges, one judge said that but then not to go high court was right in continuing with abandoned by the fanatic the idea that you know, you, them mature that you know democracy is not there is, there is a religious doesn't hom, anyone sentiment and there's no harm in continuing with it. why? why pull the students to choose between reading a job and repeating an education? that's a direct violation of parliamentary drive to the constitution up and get guarantee me not being offensive access of the lamp as i one of the bed or but then i will be that it is a fundamental factor. but you may not. you can debate on that. my point is that you cannot force to go to choose between very something the basic essential to their facts and debbie activists. even education is politics making the girls have to

decide between the education and the religious practice. absolutely, and it's such a shameful thing because you know what happened inter naca last year was that these young good meet, may have been like 14 or 15. they've had that they were, they were bod, come into the classrooms because the administration time that it was not proper them to what i did he job. what happened to be in that time with that, you know, kind of mental is group and that's what it because they distribute the facts and saw to him by them does. so there was a stand up inside the school counselors. you're basically politicizing and coming and i didn't talk to them in india. you had to be a joke. who are i think back is on. did it is done, which is a very bad v as far as i mean that some of the yes and then they knew on the system to make politics or doing it doesn't do it often them to make a choice. you had to be a good, very good by voice and see. and she done it on the said a lot, but

a lot. but i remember i had become a big news issue that a guy was actually a lover by means allies the greatest. but it also seen as a walk right in the beginning problem. i didn't and now how far was seen as an expression of fund mentalism. what is not the case if. ready be good, how are they going to be going and, and there's you don't know why in fact the which, which is so much present when you have a good teenager 15 year old being surrounded by 20 boys and then pick me up. how is he supposed to respond if the situation and if you guys have been for the defense by national politics. util. you've talked about choice. see me, isn't it also true that it isn't always a matter of personal choice? there are communities in dan which girls are forced to wear their job. isn't that also true? so are you, i mean there's no black united fire. this is concerned,

but my only point is that, you know, of course there are those that women would choose do any job id said needed to be fully noon. might have been by interviewed by women, including an architect, a journalist, another person, and a house by. and they said that they had chosen to wear the job there with the people that need to start getting a new job. and there was a lot of opposition that they received from from their colleagues on their, from campus ib gentle one moment that that honey was in speak to hardy, that knowledge, knowledge. in fact, the one of the lawyers was the lawyer. he was forced to stop in that a job because she was dead one, you know, the, there were no lady said she put all the kids. so there was the she. so she was supposed to take off the job. but i was in the side that our families in rich that goes away our job. i'm showing that also women who believe that the country practices and bikes they should be reading it. but the only point that needs to be

focus on is that the state has no business to end, does it that it or we live there for the time being. thanks so much for joining us today. in muslim majority, indonesia, her job reading music group is bringing islamic music to a millennial audience. now theda, re as brand of islamic poetry pop with a we twist is finding favor among younger music fans. ah, concert in the capital one, the crowd goes wild, not for the latest pop sensation bought some rather alternative music icons. mm. meat lazoodo. ria, a dozen talented women, critical to show for and that easy as youth o t m and have been but again,

i think the cedar is more than just cool. why? because all the members are women who can play more than 3 musical instruments. another become mothers, they still consistently play music. nothing changed from them. that's why i see them as super cool at the bad. anybody there my moves on best that on my neighbors ambulance plan. mm. dub the andy mothers. the group of enjoyed a renaissance. that's thanks to the unique brand of islamic music, which deals with serious topics like nuclear destruction and human rights using a lighter touch ah wrong in laguna talking about islamic songs. the cedar ria might be the only one that dares to use such witty lyrics. islamic songs are usually serious with lyrics. carefully quoting islamic teachings, messy massey had. yeah, but we'll get mama la la la la la la la, that i'm east la moore. despite their growing popularity, the purpose of their music remains unchanged. good to go and what doesn't,

but someone in that unlikely. knowing the year i listening to nancy to react, but i think we help our song. this can rocky touch the hearts and missile change them towards the better effects of that. then what does that make? and so what does it a re, a success, a credit to their talent and the remainder that rock music and religion can harmonize to and that's it. for today there's more now website the deborah dot com forward slash asia, and you can also follow facebook and twitter back again tomorrow at the same time. so you them, but we stay up to date. don't miss our highlights. the d w program online. d w dot com highlight. will you become a criminal m, pre klein, ai, all ready news with hackers,

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