Zaira Wasim’s criticism of Independence Day performances misses the point

Argument

Amana Begam Ansari argues that Zaira Wasim is wrong to call Independence Day performances by Muslim children “irrelevant” and to suggest that a religious body should avoid such public celebrations. She says Muslim girls can be visibly religious and publicly patriotic at the same time, and that treating the two as incompatible is a narrow and exclusionary reading of faith.