"Faith elevates the individual; fanaticism holds society, and especially women, back": Dr. Singh

Lucknow, Sep 21 (UNI) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sarojini Nagar MLA Dr. Rajeshwar Singh has welcomed the proposal of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to ban the burqas and niqabs in schools in her country. Taking to his social media account X on Monday, Dr. Singh commented "The world is concerned because the adverse effects of fundamentalism are evident-in Afghanistan, approximately 2.4 million girls are deprived of secondary education and women are barred from university; in Pakistan, women face forced conversions, child marriage, so-called "honor killings," and extremist violence; in Bangladesh, child marriage, violence against women, and the insecurity of…