‘Hijab girl’ Muskan Khan’s father tears into Al-Qaeda chief, a day after Zawahiri’s praise

New Delhi: A day after Al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al Zawahiri praised Muskan Khan, the poster girl of hijab row in Karnataka, her father tore into the terror outfit chief and asked ‘who is he to talk about our country’s issues’.

Muskan’s father said that he & his family were living peacefully in India and refused to even acknowledge his support, saying “I do not even know him.”

Ayman Al Zawahiri, on Tuesday, released a video in which he showered praise on Muskan Khan, the girl student who hogged national limelight after raising slogans of Allah-hu-Akbar, in response to Jai Shri Ram slogans & heckling by a group of men inside the college in February.

Muskan’s father said that he was born in Mandya and such things shouldn’t have happened in the state, still he & his family don’t need any ‘support or sympathy’ from outsiders and more so belonging to a terror outfit.

“We don’t know anything about it (video), we don’t know who he is. I only came to know about it via TV,” Muskan’s father Mohammad Hussain Khan told reporters.

Speaking on Zawahiri’s applause of her daughter, he said, “We are living peacefully in our country, we don’t want him to talk about us, as he is not related to us… it is wrong, it is an attempt to create division among us.”

Terror outfit chief read a poem for Muskan

While praising Muskan for standing her ground, Zawahiri also sought to provoke Muslims by asking them to show solidarity with her. In the video, the dreaded terrorist also read a poem for her, which he said that he wrote for “Mujahid sister” and for “brave feat”.

Terrorist Al-Zawahiri, leader of Terror Organization #AlQaeda openly declares support for the #Hijab movement in India.

Those “liberal” Indians who are taking the sudden emergence of the #HijabMovement as a womens rights issue are totally unaware that they’re playing with fire!! pic.twitter.com/mFk0CzmKfj

— Priti Gandhi – प्रीति गांधी (@MrsGandhi) April 6, 2022

“May Allah reward her for exposing the reality of Hindu India and the deception of its pagan democracy,” the Al-Qaeda chief said in the video.

With Zawahiri wading into the Karnataka hijab row, this has also sparked off political fight.

Taking strong objection to Al Qaeda chief’s praise, Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said that their stand is justified with this video.

“We have been saying for long about unseen hands behind the Hijab controversy. Now, Al Qaeda releasing video on the issue is a proof of the unseen hand,” he said.