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The Islamic Republic’s position that it is merely carrying out a religious mandate is disingenuous, as is clear from Khomeini’s own religious writings and from the history of the hijab in Iran. Whereas the concept of sitr remains separated from politics in Iran, the hijab is now unequivocally a political concept. ....
She is remembered as a women’s rights activist and a reformer. But her writings and story also percolated into the popular imagination in India and live on. ....