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| After serial killings in Sopore, women obey militants' dress code diktat | | | Early Times Report
baramulla, June 16: The ongoing cycle of violence in north Kashmir's Sopore town, in which six civilians have been shot dead by unidentified gunmen so far, has also taken away the charm of fashionable dressing among women in the region.
From ladies jeans to skirts to even frocks for small girls, a variety of trending style-statement has vanished overnight from the markets. Such clothes are believed to be against the dress-code warning issued by an obscure outfit 'Tehreek-e-Taliban Jammu and Kashmir'. The group had a fortnight ago warned the people particularly women to "dress properly in accordance with tenets of Islam or face the music."
Though initially the people didn't pay any heed to such warnings, which appeared in the form of posters, the recent killings-four in a week-have left the people terrified.
"I have stopped sales of any ladies jeans, frocks and skirts even though this market was limited to teenage girls alone," said a shopkeeper. "It is better to trade less or sell nothing than get killed."
He said the people dealing with the ladies dresses have unanimously decided to play safe in the wake of militant warnings. "Initially we took the warning lightly, but in the wake of serial killings, we are not taking any chance," the trader added.
While the shopkeepers refrain from sales of these attires, those who would wear such lot are equally scared. From little girls to women all sail in the same boat. "For the last one week I have stopped wearing jeans and only prefer to wear shalwar kameez," said a head covered teenage girl who was out for tuitions. "We all have given up wearing fashionable dresses," said her classmates, visibly scared.
A middle-aged woman said she has started covering her head with dupatta only after the things went scary in Sopore. "I would wear designer shalwar kameez but now it's better to look orthodox than get killed," she said.
Since May 2014, unknown outfits like Lashkar-e-Islam and Tehreek-e-Taliban have been issuing statements warning people to mend their ways. Diktats on dress code to be observed strictly in accordance with Islamic principles have been a key part of such warnings.
Many people have rediscovered the fear of the '90s when guns would roar in the Valley. At the peak of militancy, dreaded outfits like Lashkar-e-Jabbar had warned the women folk to wear burqa or face execution. Thereafter, Dukhtaran-e-Millat led by Syeda Asiya Andrabi had directed the women to wear burqa. After a few years the diktat, which many women observed, died its death with improvement in the situation.
Meanwhile a senior police official told Early Times that situation would soon be under control. "These are isolated cases where people are scared of what to wear and what not to, but overall situation (in Kashmir) is not that alarming," he said.
He said to avoid any untoward incident, security was being beefed up at public places in north Kashmir. |
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