Headscarf issue: Muslim bodies condemn move
14 years, 10 months ago

Headscarf issue: Muslim bodies condemn move

The Hindu  

Muslim organisations here have condemned the alleged ouster of a Class X Muslim student from an English-medium school run by the Thiruvalla-based Believers' Church at Gurupuram in Alappuzha district for wearing a headscarf. Muslim Aikyavedi district chairman Khan Shahjahan said the school management's act amounted to neglect of the secular, democratic, pluralistic culture and tenets of the nation. Syed Mohammed said no individual or institution could question the right of a Muslim girl to wear a headscarf in a secular democratic nation like India. He alleged that certain school quarters had issued misleading statements saying that the school had never imposed any restriction on Muslim girls wearing headscarf as part of their religious custom.

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Bijnor: Muslim teacher who wiped off tilak of Hindu students suspended, 3 others transferred for spreading racialism within school, details
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bijnor: Muslim teacher who wiped off tilak of Hindu students suspended, 3 others transferred for spreading racialism within school, details

Op India  

On Monday, 2nd September, four teachers, including the acting principal, of an upper primary public school in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district were punished and transferred after a conflict emerged over removing Hindu children’s tilaks off their foreheads. On August 24th, District Magistrate Ankit Kumar Agarwal appointed a three-member committee to investigate a video of a teacher, Tanveer Ayesha, removing tilak …

Judge the use of veil as a cultural practice
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge the use of veil as a cultural practice

Hindustan Times  

Here is another judicial pronouncement on hijab — the professedly Islamic dress code for women. In May this year, a college in Chembur issued instructions to its students saying, “You shall follow the dress code of the college of formal and decent dress which shall not reveal anyone’s religion. The counsel of the petitioners cited a number of Supreme Court …

What To Eat, Wear, or Practise: Can BJP Focus on Governance Instead of Policing?
1 year, 1 month ago

What To Eat, Wear, or Practise: Can BJP Focus on Governance Instead of Policing?

The Quint  

In another video, the Hawa Mahal MLA asks school authorities to stop students from wearing the hijab in school, which has a healthy mix of Hindu and Muslim kids. In a video that surfaced afterwards, he is seen on stage, leading the students in chants of "Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and "Saraswati Mata Ki Jai”. It also shows Acharya walking …

School Bans Student from Wearing Ayyappa Scarf
1 year, 4 months ago

School Bans Student from Wearing Ayyappa Scarf

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: A row has erupted between the management of a private school and activists of VHP and BJP after a teacher sent home a student under Ayyappa Deeksha who came to the class wearing a black scarf. VHP and BJP activists have given an ultimatum that the principal and teachers must apologise to parents of the student by Monday evening. …

France bans Muslim abayas in schools, sparking fresh secularism debate
1 year, 6 months ago

France bans Muslim abayas in schools, sparking fresh secularism debate

ABC  

The French government's state-run school ban on long, loose-fitting robes, worn mainly by Muslim women, has sparked fresh political debate about the country's secular rules. Key points: The ban falls under a two-decade-old law banning religious symbols The government argues the garments are an infringement on secularism Critics say they are normal clothings and the ban unfairly targets Muslims The …

In hateful rant, Delhi school teacher derides Muslim students
1 year, 6 months ago

In hateful rant, Delhi school teacher derides Muslim students

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government’s flagship “Deshbhakti” curriculum, meant to promote feelings of unity and national integration, has been hailed as a progressive step in the Capital’s school system. And yet, 33-year-old Hema Gulati, who taught the Deshbhakti curriculum in a Delhi government school in Kailash Nagar is in the eye of the storm after unleashing a hateful rant against Muslims and …

Hyderabad: School Principal, Teachers Booked in Hijab Row at Hayathnagar School
1 year, 9 months ago

Hyderabad: School Principal, Teachers Booked in Hijab Row at Hayathnagar School

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A school in Hayathnagar barred two Muslim Class 10 students from wearing headscarves, or hijabs, in classrooms, leading to a series of confrontations between the students and teachers. Police booked the principal and three teachers of Zee High School, where the alleged incident took place. The police said that the incident followed a previous conversation between school principal Purnadevi …

FIR against MP school amid headscarves row
1 year, 9 months ago

FIR against MP school amid headscarves row

Hindustan Times  

A private school in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district has been booked for allegedly forcing students to wear headscarves and embrace Islam, police said on Wednesday. HT Image A first information report was registered against Ganga Jamuna Higher Secondary School under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Juvenile Justice Act on the directions of state home minister Narottam Mishra, …

Closing The Gates To Education: Violations Of Rights Of Muslim Women Students: PUCL’s Report On Hijab Ban
2 years, 2 months ago

Closing The Gates To Education: Violations Of Rights Of Muslim Women Students: PUCL’s Report On Hijab Ban

Live Law  

On 31st December, 2021, Government Girls PU College, Udupi imposed a sudden restriction on the hijab inside classrooms. On January 9, a report was published by People’s Union for Civil Liberties -Karnataka, which had undertaken a study titled as “Closing the Gates to Education: Violations of Rights of Muslim women students.” to investigate the impact of the imposed ban on …

The case of the hijab
2 years, 4 months ago

The case of the hijab

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 03, 2022 10:25 IST This is a writ petition challenging a regulation of the State Education Board concerning the dress code for schools. A recently oft-repeated phrase—public authority administering regulation with an evil eye and an unequal hand—comes to mind from the hallowed judgment of Justice Vivian Bose in Anwar Ali Sarkar’s case. “One can well sympathise …

Permitting One Religious Community To Wear Their Symbols Would Be Antithesis To Secularism: Justice Hemant Gupta In Hijab Ban Case
2 years, 5 months ago

Permitting One Religious Community To Wear Their Symbols Would Be Antithesis To Secularism: Justice Hemant Gupta In Hijab Ban Case

Live Law  

"Secularism is applicable to all citizens, therefore, permitting one religious community to wear their religious symbols would be antithesis to secularism", the Supreme Court judge Justice Hemant Gupta observed in his judgment in Hijab case.The judge observed that the accommodation sought would result in different treatment of students in secular schools who may be following varied. "Secularism is applicable to …

India’s Supreme Court panel split on allowing hijab in classrooms
2 years, 5 months ago

India’s Supreme Court panel split on allowing hijab in classrooms

Al Jazeera  

The matter arises from a ban in BJP-ruled Karnataka state that forbids students from wearing the headscarves in classrooms. “It is ultimately a matter of choice,” said the other judge, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, as he set aside the Karnataka High Court order. The issue of the hijab ban started when female Muslim students wearing hijab were barred in January this …

Prayagraj school principal forces students to wear Islamic dress for Eid
2 years, 10 months ago

Prayagraj school principal forces students to wear Islamic dress for Eid

Op India  

An FIR has been filed against a school principal in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, for instructing small children to make a video wearing Islamic dress on the occasion of Eid. The instructions were issued by school principal Bushra Mustafa at Nyaya Nagar Public School in Jhunsi, and now a case has been filed against her after parents of the toddlers …

'Unduly Punished,' Say Karnataka Teachers Suspended for 'Allowing' Hijab in SSLC
2 years, 11 months ago

'Unduly Punished,' Say Karnataka Teachers Suspended for 'Allowing' Hijab in SSLC

The Quint  

Based on the High Court judgement, that upheld a ban on hijab, is wearing the headscarf in exam halls prohibited? Another suspended teacher, who spoken on the condition of anonymity, said, “Some students entered the hall wearing veils that match their uniform’s colour. Yet, I was trying to speak with them and convince them to remove the veil.” By then, …

Hijab bans deepen Hindu-Muslim fault lines in Indian state
3 years ago

Hijab bans deepen Hindu-Muslim fault lines in Indian state

Associated Press  

UDUPI, India — When Aliya Assadi was 12, she wore a hijab while representing her southern Indian state of Karnataka at a karate competition. It then slapped a statewide ban on the hijab in classes, saying “religious clothing” in government-run schools “disturbs equality, integrity and public law and order.” Some students gave in and attended with their heads uncovered. “When …

In video, Delhi govt school girl says teachers asked her to remove hijab
3 years, 1 month ago

In video, Delhi govt school girl says teachers asked her to remove hijab

India TV News  

In video, Delhi govt school girl says teachers asked her to remove hijab Teachers told me not to come to the class wearing this scarf. Highlights Delhi govt school student alleges she was asked to remove her hijab School discussed matter with her parents This was 4 days after they requested principal permission to wear hijab in classes A video …

Hijab Case - Allowing Religious Symbols In Educational Institutions Against Secularism : Colleges & Teachers Tell Karnataka HC
3 years, 1 month ago

Hijab Case - Allowing Religious Symbols In Educational Institutions Against Secularism : Colleges & Teachers Tell Karnataka HC

Live Law  

A Full Bench of the Karnataka High Court today continued hearing the Respondents in the petitions filed by Muslim girl students, challenging the action of a government college in denying their entry for wearing a hijab. He stated that the college has stipulated uniform since 2004, and it was only now, allegedly at the behest of a radical group that …

Tearing the social fabric
3 years, 1 month ago

Tearing the social fabric

The Hindu  

THE LAST TIME EVENTS IN COASTAL Karnataka became the focus of intense media attention was in February 2009, when a gang of young men belonging to the Sri Rama Sene, a right-wing Hindu group, stormed into a pub in Mangaluru shouting the ‘Jai Sri Ram’ slogan and savagely booted out young women who were having a drink. What has changed …

India hijab row: BJP MP Pragya Thakur says headscarves only worn by women ‘unsafe in own homes’
3 years, 1 month ago

India hijab row: BJP MP Pragya Thakur says headscarves only worn by women ‘unsafe in own homes’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Over 700 people, including 500 lawyers, law students, and …

High school students in a Udupi school turn up with hijab
3 years, 1 month ago

High school students in a Udupi school turn up with hijab

The Hindu  

Teachers at the Government Urdu Secondary School in a village in Kaup taluk of Udupi district were taken aback when some students turned on February 15 wearing a hijab, as they had not been wearing it earlier. A few girls among the 30-odd students from Classes 8 to 10 of the school in Fakiranakatte of Mallaru village, who were earlier …

Allow us to wear headscarf that matches uniform: Udupi students to K\'taka HC
3 years, 1 month ago

Allow us to wear headscarf that matches uniform: Udupi students to K\'taka HC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Challenging the government order restricting the use of any cloth that can disturb peace, harmony and, law and order, the girls who petitioned in favour of hijab requested the Karnataka high court on Monday to allow them to wear Islamic headscarves of the colour of the school uniform. "I am not only challenging the government's order but also …

Allow Hijab of Same Colour As Uniform, Students Tell Karnataka HC; Matter Adjourned Till Tuesday
3 years, 1 month ago

Allow Hijab of Same Colour As Uniform, Students Tell Karnataka HC; Matter Adjourned Till Tuesday

News 18  

Days after the Supreme Court rejected an urgent hearing on the hijab row, the Karnataka High Court’s three-member bench adjourned the matter for Tuesday afternoon after resuming the hearing on Monday. Last week, in an interim order, the court had restrained students from wearing any ‘religious garment’ in classrooms of colleges wherever it is banned until a final order is …

Hijab Row: Bengal School Vandalised After Authorities Allegedly Prohibit Girls from Wearing Headscarf
3 years, 1 month ago

Hijab Row: Bengal School Vandalised After Authorities Allegedly Prohibit Girls from Wearing Headscarf

News 18  

The Hijab row has entered West Bengal with a school in Murshidabad district prohibiting girl students from wearing hijab and burqa to class. Students and locals alleged that school authorities asked girls not to wear hijab inside school premises. The incident comes amid the ongoing row over hijab on the high school and college campuses in certain parts of Karnataka, …

India dismisses U.S. official’s remarks on hijab controversy
3 years, 1 month ago

India dismisses U.S. official’s remarks on hijab controversy

The Hindu  

Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain voiced his opinion on the Karnataka hijab row, India on Saturday responded saying “motivated comments on our internal issues are not welcome.” The statement from the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Arindam Bagchi came after a senior official of the U.S. government remarked on the hijab controversy in …

Pakistan women protest India's ban on headscarves in schools
3 years, 1 month ago

Pakistan women protest India's ban on headscarves in schools

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pakistani women rallied Thursday to denounce a ban …

‘Hijab is my pride, dignity’: Girls in India fight to wear headscarf to school
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Hijab is my pride, dignity’: Girls in India fight to wear headscarf to school

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Our parents also requested them the headscarf,” says Shabana …

Hijab Row: What Karnataka HC Has Said in Order Restraining Religious Clothing
3 years, 1 month ago

Hijab Row: What Karnataka HC Has Said in Order Restraining Religious Clothing

The Quint  

"It is a matter of a few days only," the chief justice of the Karnataka High Court had said during the hearing on Thursday, rejecting the argument raised by senior advocate Devadatt Kamat that this would amount to a suspension of the right to practice one's religion under Article 25 of the Constitution. The order does not specify any particular …

Hijab Row: What Karnataka HC Has Said in Order Restraining Religious Clothing
3 years, 1 month ago

Hijab Row: What Karnataka HC Has Said in Order Restraining Religious Clothing

The Quint  

"It is a matter of a few days only," the chief justice of the Karnataka High Court had said during the hearing on Thursday, rejecting the argument raised by senior advocate Devadatt Kamat that this would amount to a suspension of the right to practice one's religion under Article 25 of the Constitution. The order does not specify any particular …

Not Just Karnataka: Puducherry School Principal Tells Student Not To Wear Hijab
3 years, 1 month ago

Not Just Karnataka: Puducherry School Principal Tells Student Not To Wear Hijab

The Quint  

The controversy over Muslim girl students wearing hijabs to educational institutions in Karnataka has gripped Puducherry as well. The parents of a Class-IX Muslim student of Ariyankuppam Government High School told The Quint that two months ago, their child was allegedly asked by the school principal not to wear a hijab to the school. On 4 February, when schools reopened …

‘Targeted harassment’: Muslim girls in India denounce hijab ban
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Targeted harassment’: Muslim girls in India denounce hijab ban

Al Jazeera  

Visuals of Muslim students being shut outside college gates in Karnataka state for wearing the hijab have led to outrage on social media. Bengaluru, India – For four days a group of 28 Muslim girls stood in protest in front of the Junior Pre-University college in the Karnataka state after they were denied entry for wearing hijab – an issue …

DC Edit | Don’t allow hijab row to hinder girls’ education
3 years, 1 month ago

DC Edit | Don’t allow hijab row to hinder girls’ education

Deccan Chronicle  

Religion should be kept a private affair of individual citizens, but that is an ideal case scenario. India is a secular democracy founded on a Constitution that assures every citizen the right to practise their religion, subject to conditions. As the Karnataka high court rightly observed while hearing the petition of the girl students, every citizen of this country should …

Outrage after hijab-wearing woman heckled by Hindu mob in India
3 years, 1 month ago

Outrage after hijab-wearing woman heckled by Hindu mob in India

Al Jazeera  

Authorities shut educational institutions after protests over the ban on hijab intensifies in southern Karnataka state. A video posted on Twitter showing a hijab-wearing Muslim student being heckled by a Hindu far-right mob at a college in Karnataka state has caused outrage amid intensifying protests over ban on Islamic headscarves in the southern state. The ban on Islamic headscarves has …

No scope for the hijab, says K’taka BJP chief; govt issues fresh order
3 years, 1 month ago

No scope for the hijab, says K’taka BJP chief; govt issues fresh order

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka government on Saturday ordered a ban on clothes that disturb “equality, integrity and public order” in schools and colleges as a row over Muslim students wearing the hijab to classes continued to escalate, with opposition parties lending support to the students. While invoking section 133 of the Karnataka Education Act, 1983, the government said a “uniform style of …

'Hijab is Our Right' Trends on Twitter as Muslim Students in Karnataka Continue Protest
3 years, 1 month ago

'Hijab is Our Right' Trends on Twitter as Muslim Students in Karnataka Continue Protest

News 18  

The decision of a college at Udupi in Karnataka to not allow students wearing hijab inside classrooms has led netizens highlight the plight of the girls who are fighting for their fundamental right to practise religion. #HijabisOurRight.” https://twitter.com/doctorsaheba/status/1489460728750698500 “Really surprised us,bcz world biggest democratic citizens are facing such kind of situation even, this is their basic right.” https://twitter.com/Iam__Shadab/status/1489461689611427848 “Let us …

HC to hear petitions of Muslim students questioning hijab restriction in college
3 years, 1 month ago

HC to hear petitions of Muslim students questioning hijab restriction in college

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka will hear on February 8 the petitions filed by five Muslim girls studying in a Government Pre-university College for Girls, Udupi, seeking a declaration from the court that they have a ‘fundamental right to practice essential religious practices, including wearing of Hijab as per Islamic faith, on college premises.’ Justice Krishna S. Dixit, before whom …

After K'taka Minister Terms Hijab Row 'International Conspiracy', Kerala Govt Says Headscarf ‘Will Affect Secularism’
3 years, 2 months ago

After K'taka Minister Terms Hijab Row 'International Conspiracy', Kerala Govt Says Headscarf ‘Will Affect Secularism’

News 18  

Despite the Karnataka government forming a high-level committee to decide on the “hijab” row and uniform code, the stalemate continued in the state with Muslim students refusing to attend classes without veil. ‘Hijab Will Affect Secularism’ The Kerala government has dismissed a plea by a Muslim girl student seeking permission to wear hijab and full sleeve dress in the Student …

Kerala debates whether to ban burqa in college
5 years, 10 months ago

Kerala debates whether to ban burqa in college

Live Mint  

A debate has emerged in Kerala on whether to ban the burqa in colleges after one of the state’s biggest educational institutions, the Muslim Educational Society, issued a circular banning covering veils from the upcoming academic year. Following on the heels of the Sri Lankan government’s decision to ban face veils after Easter Sunday serial bombings that killed 253 people …

Uttar Pradesh school bars Muslim girls from wearing scarves
7 years, 4 months ago

Uttar Pradesh school bars Muslim girls from wearing scarves

Deccan Chronicle  

Lucknow: A school in Barabanki district has barred Muslim students from wearing headscarves to class on the ground that the scarves do not match the dress code of the school. Anand Vihar School, a missionary school, has objected to one of its Muslim students wearing a headscarf to school. Principal Archana Thomas also asked him to not ‘disrupt the school’s …

Uttar Pradesh school prohibits Muslim girl student from wearing headscarf, tells her to join a madrassa
7 years, 4 months ago

Uttar Pradesh school prohibits Muslim girl student from wearing headscarf, tells her to join a madrassa

Firstpost  

A school in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh has reportedly barred Muslim girl students from wearing a headscarf to class, saying that they don’t go with the dress code of the school. A school in the Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh has reportedly barred Muslim girl students from wearing a headscarf to class, saying that they don’t go with the …

School inspectors to question Muslim girls who wear hijabs amid concerns they are being forced to wear headscarf
7 years, 4 months ago

School inspectors to question Muslim girls who wear hijabs amid concerns they are being forced to wear headscarf

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Muslim girls …

Muslim mother sues London school for banning her from wearing face veil
7 years, 8 months ago

Muslim mother sues London school for banning her from wearing face veil

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Muslim mother has launched legal action against her daughter’s …

Education for Muslim girls: Owaisi's progressive stance may end culture of empty appeasement
8 years, 2 months ago

Education for Muslim girls: Owaisi's progressive stance may end culture of empty appeasement

Firstpost  

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s statement that Haj subsidy should be abolished in favour of education for Muslim girls is a progressive stance and deserves our wholehearted backing. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s statement that Haj subsidy should be abolished in favour of education for Muslim girls is a progressive stance and deserves our wholehearted backing. India has one …

Headscarf row: principal suspended
14 years, 10 months ago

Headscarf row: principal suspended

The Hindu  

The principal of Believers' Church English Medium School at Gurupuram, who issued a transfer certificate to a Muslim girl student allegedly for wearing a headscarf to school, has been placed under suspension by the school management. Williams said there were several Muslim students in various schools run by the Believers' Church, and nowhere did any such rule banning headscarves exist. …

CBSE seeks explanation from school
14 years, 10 months ago

CBSE seeks explanation from school

The Hindu  

The Central Board of Secondary Education has written to the Believers' Church English Medium School at Gurupuram in Alappuzha regarding the news report in The Hindu on May 5, 2010 titled ‘Probe into exit from school of Muslim girl over headscarf.' The report mentioned that the school had suddenly issued a transfer certificate to a Muslim girl student who was …

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