As the hijab dominates the news, it reignites old debates, particularly amongst feminists
2 years, 10 months ago

As the hijab dominates the news, it reignites old debates, particularly amongst feminists

The Hindu  

As the Islamic headscarf or hijab dominates the news, it predictably reignites old debates and heated discussions — particularly amongst feminists — can the donning of hijab be seen as a sign of women’s agency? War on women’s bodies The recent attack on the hijabcannot be seen in isolation but as part of the larger global politics starting from 9/11 when symbolic representations of Muslim identity in public were complicated by certain countries in Europe legislating to ban the hijab in state-run institutions, including schools. Cultural and religious heterogeneity being erased to achieve a secular public that is nothing but a radicalised Hindutva way of life or women’s right to education being foregone to give in to ethno-communal patriarchies. Can only those women who question religious and cultural norms be seen as having agency while those who don the hijab but negotiate other gender norms be perceived as ‘pawns’?

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Scarves over headscarves, Muslim women’s outdoors group tackles snow tubing in Minnesota
1 day, 18 hours ago

Scarves over headscarves, Muslim women’s outdoors group tackles snow tubing in Minnesota

Associated Press  

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. — Ice crystals clung to the eyelashes, parka hood, beanie hat and headscarf of Ruqayah Nasser as she took a break after her first-ever snow tubing runs in a Minnesota park on a subzero January morning. There’s a core group for Muslim women only — for “more sisterhood and modesty,” Habib says — as well as a …

Women in Iran are going without hijabs as the 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death approaches
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Women in Iran are going without hijabs as the 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death approaches

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. This defiance comes despite what United Nations investigators describe as “expanded repressive …

Judge the use of veil as a cultural practice
6 months, 1 week 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 …

In Iran, putting the hijab at the centre for change
6 months, 1 week ago

In Iran, putting the hijab at the centre for change

Hindustan Times  

On Friday, June 28, Iranians went to the polls to elect a new president after President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in May. Iran’s penal code which went into effect after the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and criminalised the appearance of women in public spaces without a “sharia hijab”. She said she represented the young generation and …

Wearing a hijab has brought these Muslim women honour and joy, but it's also attracted abuse and hate
1 year, 3 months ago

Wearing a hijab has brought these Muslim women honour and joy, but it's also attracted abuse and hate

ABC  

The Islamic headscarf, also known as the hijab, is often worn by Muslim women as a symbol of honour in their faith. 'Must be oppressed' Despite the hijab being part of Islamic dress, some Muslim women believe it's possible to dress modestly without wearing a hijab. "Dejabing" — the term used by Muslim women to describe taking off the hijab …

Government needs to prevent dress code imposition on Muslim women, says think tank
1 year, 3 months ago

Government needs to prevent dress code imposition on Muslim women, says think tank

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 The government needs to take a stronger stance …

A book that forgets how personal the hijab is
1 year, 7 months ago

A book that forgets how personal the hijab is

Live Mint  

Coming on the heels of the discourse about the hijab in Karnataka, in Iran and in other parts of the country and the world, a book that “complicates the relationship between Muslim women and the hijab” while moving “away from predictable interpretations” would seem like the need of the hour. The essay ‘Subjugation or Subjective Liberation’ anchors the concept and …

As more women forgo the hijab, Iran’s government pushes back
1 year, 7 months ago

As more women forgo the hijab, Iran’s government pushes back

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Billboards across Iran’s capital proclaim that women should wear their mandatory headscarves to honor their mothers. In early April, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared that “removing hijab is not Islamically or politically permissible.” Khamenei claimed women refusing to wear the hijab are being manipulated. If they know about this, they will definitely not take part …

Feminists need to oppose hijab bans as much as hijab mandates
1 year, 9 months ago

Feminists need to oppose hijab bans as much as hijab mandates

Al Jazeera  

From India to France, bigots are scared of the hijab. And thanks to the same restrictions on religious dress in France, thousands of French women must choose between practising their sincerely held spiritual beliefs or pursuing their love for the sport of football. Mostly women, claiming to be “feminists” were incredulous that I dare attribute an empowering quality to the …

Education of women is key
1 year, 11 months ago

Education of women is key

Hindustan Times  

A decision by a group of students from Karnataka to approach the Supreme Court has, once again, underlined the appalling cost exacted by the protracted row over hijab s on the lives and educational pursuits of thousands of women. The students approached the top court on Monday, seeking a directive to government institutions in Karnataka to allow them to appear …

Book Review: ‘The Hijab: Islam, Women and the Politics of Clothing’ edited by P.K. Yasser Arafath and G. Arunima
1 year, 11 months ago

Book Review: ‘The Hijab: Islam, Women and the Politics of Clothing’ edited by P.K. Yasser Arafath and G. Arunima

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 12, 2023 10:15 IST Of the 6,236 verses in the Quran, only four pertain to physical appearance. These two verses appearing in chapter Al-Nur addressed men and women respectively, urging them to “lower their gaze and guard their chastity”. I was hoping to find this spirited debate in The Hijab: Islam, Women and the Politics of Clothing, …

Hijab-wearing women are a part of nation-building, says Asaduddin Owaisi
2 years, 2 months ago

Hijab-wearing women are a part of nation-building, says Asaduddin Owaisi

The Hindu  

A day after the Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on the hijab case, Hyderabad parliamentarian Asaduddin Owaisi said that Muslim women wearing hijab have been getting themselves educated and taking part in nation-building. Describing it as his “dream”, Mr Owaisi said that he hoped a Muslim woman who wears a hijab would become the Prime Minister of India in …

Hands Off My Hijab: Be It Iran or India, Can Women Retain Their Fire and Fury?
2 years, 2 months ago

Hands Off My Hijab: Be It Iran or India, Can Women Retain Their Fire and Fury?

The Quint  

The clampdown on contemporary feminist movements in France, USA and India has highlighted that in the globalised world in which we live, a women’s movement needs to change in approach to establish an impact on a larger feminist discourse. Hence the duty of a progressive society for safeguarding women’s agencies is to start amalgamating all the women-centric protests into a …

Opinion: We Are All Mahsa Amini And Muskaan Khan
2 years, 2 months ago

Opinion: We Are All Mahsa Amini And Muskaan Khan

ABP News  

Iran and India are the top focus now all over the world, over two sides of an issue that has one demand at the core of it — women's right to bodily autonomy. The Hijab Conundrum In Iran People say a false sense of equivalence is being drawn between the hijab ban in India and the women who are fighting …

Why Indian liberals are not talking about anti-hijab protests in Iran
2 years, 3 months ago

Why Indian liberals are not talking about anti-hijab protests in Iran

Firstpost  

The mistake liberals have made is to fall into the trap of being led to believe that any opposition to hijab is an attack on Muslim identity. It is not Forgive me if this offends some sensitivities, but it’s good to see Muslim women finally take a stand against hijab — and that too in the heart of the Islamic …

Yet Another Storm in A Teacup: How The Hijab Row in India Is A Manufactured Controversy - News18
2 years, 3 months ago

Yet Another Storm in A Teacup: How The Hijab Row in India Is A Manufactured Controversy - News18

News 18  

“Tell the believing men to reduce of their vision and guard their private parts. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what they do.” “And tell the believing women to reduce of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment.” Women using veils was a practice that pre-dates Islam and was a common practice among the elite in …

How Iran protests against hijab rule has called for action across the Arab world
2 years, 3 months ago

How Iran protests against hijab rule has called for action across the Arab world

Firstpost  

In the Arab world, including in Iraq, the protests have attracted attention and women are gathering online to offer solidarity to Iranian women struggling under the country’s harsh theocratic regime Iranian authorities have cracked down on protests which erupted after the death in custody of a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by the morality police for not wearing the hijab …

Iran Hijab Row: Will religious leaders in India oppose it by taking lessons from the controversy?
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran Hijab Row: Will religious leaders in India oppose it by taking lessons from the controversy?

ABP News  

Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, representing some of the petitioners challenging the Karnataka High Court judgement on hijab, on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the hijab adds dignity and makes a woman very dignified when she wears it, like a Hindu woman who covers her head - it is very dignified. A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia …

Constitution Is A Living Document; Hijab Can Be Given Same Protection Given To Sikh Turbans and Kirpans: Sr. Adv Colin Gonsalves To Supreme Court [Read Written Submissions]
2 years, 3 months ago

Constitution Is A Living Document; Hijab Can Be Given Same Protection Given To Sikh Turbans and Kirpans: Sr. Adv Colin Gonsalves To Supreme Court [Read Written Submissions]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court is continuing hearing the petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on wearing hijab by Muslim students in educational institutions. Senior Advocate Dr Colin Gonsalves argued that the Karnataka High Court ignored international precedents on the subject and wrongly held that if hijab is not shown to be essential in Islam, there is …

Hijab ban amounts to discrimination: Student-petitioner tells Supreme Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Hijab ban amounts to discrimination: Student-petitioner tells Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The prohibition imposed on Muslim students from wearing hijab in classrooms in Karnataka should not be viewed as a “simple case of discipline” but as discrimination on the ground of sex and religion, senior advocate Rajiv Dhavan told the Supreme Court on September 14. Appearing before a Bench led by Justice Hemant Gupta for student-petitioner Aliya Assadi, Mr. Dhavan said …

Question Of Essential Religious Practice Does Not Arise If Hijab Is Shown To Be Bonafide Practice In Muslim Women: Sr Adv Rajeev Dhavan Tells Supreme Court [Day-5]
2 years, 3 months ago

Question Of Essential Religious Practice Does Not Arise If Hijab Is Shown To Be Bonafide Practice In Muslim Women: Sr Adv Rajeev Dhavan Tells Supreme Court [Day-5]

Live Law  

Right to Dress is part of free speech and is subject to reasonable restrictions for public order; Doctrine of privacy; Essential Practices Test; Person wearing hijab cannot be discriminated against on grounds of religion and sex. He said that the High Court's finding that since Quran does not prescribe any punishment for not wearing hijab, it is not mandatory, is …

Karnataka Government needs to justify the restraint on wearing hijabs, says petitioners’ counsel
2 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka Government needs to justify the restraint on wearing hijabs, says petitioners’ counsel

The Hindu  

Karnataka has to first prove how forbidding hijab among students affects the sovereignty and integrity of India, its security or friendly relations with foreign states or even public order, decency or morality, the Sharia Committee of Women argued against the ban on Muslim girls wearing hijab to school. “Wearing of hijab does not confer any special benefit to the Muslim …

Iranian journalist's appeal for women after Taliban's hijab rule goes viral. Watch video
2 years, 8 months ago

Iranian journalist's appeal for women after Taliban's hijab rule goes viral. Watch video

India Today  

Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad retweeted a video on Twitter on May 8 wherein she urged people around the world to protest against Taliban’s order for women in Afghanistan to “wear head-to-toe clothing.” Alinejad, who has been peacefully protesting against Iran’s compulsory public hijab law for women and girls, retweeted the video from January 18 after the decree was …

Afghan women deplore Taliban’s new order to cover faces in public
2 years, 8 months ago

Afghan women deplore Taliban’s new order to cover faces in public

Al Jazeera  

In their latest decree, the Taliban say it is ‘required for all respectable Afghan women to wear a hijab’. The Taliban’s recently reinstated Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice announced on Saturday that it is “required for all respectable Afghan women to wear a hijab”, or headscarf. Samira Hamidi, an Afghan activist and senior researcher at …

Hijab bans in India: Where communalism and patriarchy intersect
2 years, 9 months ago

Hijab bans in India: Where communalism and patriarchy intersect

Al Jazeera  

Why does India’s Hindu right refuse to believe Muslim women when they say the hijab is not a sign of oppression? The Hindutva project to ‘save’ Muslim women As scholar Hilal Ahmed recently wrote, the “Hijab controversy has exposed the interplay between patriarchy and communalism” in India. But this is in no way a recent development – the Hindu right …

Puzzling To Say Hijab Is Inconsistent With Freedom : Professor Farrah Ahmed On Karnataka High Court's Judgment
2 years, 9 months ago

Puzzling To Say Hijab Is Inconsistent With Freedom : Professor Farrah Ahmed On Karnataka High Court's Judgment

Live Law  

It is very puzzling to hold that wearing of hijab is inconsistent with freedom, said Ms.Farrah Ahmed, Professor in Melbourne Law School, Australia, while speaking at an online discussion on the Karnataka High Court's judgment in the hijab case. And one subtext that comes through in this judgment comes through towards the end when the court cites an Ambedkar line- …

Hijab Verdict : How Preconceived Notions May Have Trumped Judicial Reasoning
2 years, 9 months ago

Hijab Verdict : How Preconceived Notions May Have Trumped Judicial Reasoning

Live Law  

The judgment of the Karnataka High Court upholding the hijab ban in classrooms, after declaring the wearing of the headscarf by Muslim women as not an essential practice of Islam, is being hotly debated. The judgment in the case Resham v State of Karnataka delivered by a bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice …

‘Hijab not an essential part of Islam,’ rules Karnataka high court
2 years, 9 months ago

‘Hijab not an essential part of Islam,’ rules Karnataka high court

Hindustan Times  

BENGALURU: In a landmark verdict, the Karnataka high court on Tuesday ruled that hijab is not an essential part of Islam, in a way underlining the state government’s restriction on the use of the head scarf by Muslim girls and women in educational institutions. The questions raised were whether wearing hijab is an essential religious practice under the Islamic faith …

There exists a way to lift the hijab over divisive politics
2 years, 9 months ago

There exists a way to lift the hijab over divisive politics

Live Mint  

The hijab row in India has placed in stark focus divisive politics over a mere piece of clothing. The world’s most fundamentalist Islamic country, Saudi Arabia, had made a categorical statement prior to reforms undertaken there: “Sharia laws stipulate that women wear decent, respectful clothing like men. Now, before feminists say such advice is discriminatory, the Qur’an advises “hijab" for …

Hijab row exposes double-standards for Left, ‘liberal’ intellectuals and what they can learn from Ambedkar
2 years, 10 months ago

Hijab row exposes double-standards for Left, ‘liberal’ intellectuals and what they can learn from Ambedkar

Firstpost  

The hijab controversy, which arose from Udupi, Karnataka, looks unlikely to stop. In protest against them, at some places, boys and girls of the majority society also started reaching schools and colleges by wearing saffron patkas and scarves around their necks. The student-organisation ‘Campus Front of India’, which is mobilising support for demands like hijab and burqa in schools in …

Head-on | Beyond the hijab: Modernising the Muslim mind
2 years, 10 months ago

Head-on | Beyond the hijab: Modernising the Muslim mind

Firstpost  

The hijab is an instrument in the hands of one-eyed clerics who want to keep their flock blind. By arguing that the hijab is obligatory under Islam and protected by Article 25 of the Constitution which guarantees freedom of religion, the petitioners are deliberately misinterpreting Article 25. The first alienation: Peer pressure would force increasing numbers of Muslim women to …

The hijab row is back – when will we stop policing women’s choices?
2 years, 10 months ago

The hijab row is back – when will we stop policing women’s choices?

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 It’s midnight …

The paradox of hijab
2 years, 10 months ago

The paradox of hijab

The Hindu  

In early February, the shocking sight of a lone Muslim girl being heckled and chased inside an educational institution by a large group of Hindu boys chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ stunned India and reverberated across the globe. Nonetheless, the case is now in the court and, interestingly, the liberty to wear the hijab has been claimed mainly as a “cultural …

Quran does not mandate women to wear hijab: A-G argues in HC
2 years, 10 months ago

Quran does not mandate women to wear hijab: A-G argues in HC

The Hindu  

Contending that allowing any religion to compel a woman to wear a particular type of dress would violate liberty and individual dignity of the woman, State Advocate-General on Tuesday argued before the High Court of Karnataka that Quran does not mandate women to wear headscarf or hijab. The A-G submitted copies of ‘The Holy Quran: Text Translation and Commentary’ by …

What Muslim women want: Equality, equal opportunities and definitely not hijab
2 years, 10 months ago

What Muslim women want: Equality, equal opportunities and definitely not hijab

Firstpost  

True purdah resided in the heart and had little to do with its external observance. If the issue of hijab was a matter of life and death for those eight students in Karnataka, then why were there no protests across India when in 2019 Kerala-based ‘Muslim Education Society’ banned niqab across 150 of its educational institutes, thus affecting the ‘essential’ …

Right Word | Making veil a symbol of religious identity won’t do any good to Muslim women
2 years, 10 months ago

Right Word | Making veil a symbol of religious identity won’t do any good to Muslim women

Firstpost  

History would probably not judge those kindly who are promoting the use of veil by Muslim women in India as a symbol of their religious freedom and empowerment. Status of Muslim women in medieval era Sudha Sharma has underlined the damage done to Muslim women by purdah in her authoritative work, The Status of Muslim Women in Medieval India, “Purdah …

Pavan K. Varma | Our duty is to put back nuance in hijab debate
2 years, 10 months ago

Pavan K. Varma | Our duty is to put back nuance in hijab debate

Deccan Chronicle  

The hijab cannot be the symbol of Muslim women’s empowerment. To defend the rights of Muslim women, which is an entirely legitimate pursuit, should not, therefore, be conflated with the defence of the hijab. For instance, in the case of the hijab, it can hardly be argued that Muslim women were sufficiently empowered to do away with this retrograde practice …

OPINION | How radicals are trying to target Modi in the name of ‘hijab’
2 years, 10 months ago

OPINION | How radicals are trying to target Modi in the name of ‘hijab’

India TV News  

The ‘hijab’ controversy has come to a boil in Karnataka for more than a month now, but people are still unaware of the machinations by some radical outfits in stoking this issue. The target is clear: to defame Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, as assembly elections are under way in Uttar Pradesh.The PFI meet in …

Hijab is a symbol of oppression: Taslima Nasreen
2 years, 10 months ago

Hijab is a symbol of oppression: Taslima Nasreen

India Today  

Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has waded into the row over wearing hijab in educational institutions. In an exclusive interview with India Today TV, Taslima Nasreen claimed that hijab, burqa, or niqab are symbols of oppression. Talking about the proposal of uniform dress code in schools and colleges, Taslima Nasreen said, “I believe that right to education is about right to …

Opinion | How our enemies are using ‘hijab’ to defame India
2 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | How our enemies are using ‘hijab’ to defame India

India TV News  

With the ‘hijab’ controversy spreading to nearly 50 schools across Karnataka, the issue is now being misused by vested interests abroad to project India in a bad light. On Tuesday, in as many as 50 schools of Karnataka, in Chickmagalur, Tumakuru, Kodagu, Mandya, Kalaburgi and Udupi, parents of Muslim girl students insisted on their wards wearing ‘hijab’ inside classrooms, but …

'Liberals' compare burqa clad women to Draupadi as Karnataka hijab row arguments heat up
2 years, 10 months ago

'Liberals' compare burqa clad women to Draupadi as Karnataka hijab row arguments heat up

Op India  

On Monday, the Karnataka hijab controversy that erupted earlier this month took an unprecedented turn after a section of ‘liberals’ and radical Muslims countered the issue by showing disrespect towards the High Court’s decision and supported the hijab wearing Muslim women. Screenshot from Twitter Another ‘liberal’ head, Supriya Sharma who is an Executive Editor of leftist portal Scroll, said that …

Opinion | Let the courts have the final say on ‘hijab’
2 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | Let the courts have the final say on ‘hijab’

India TV News  

Over 61 per cent voters polled for the 55 UP assembly seats on Monday while the turnout was 65.1 per cent for the 70 seats in neighbouring Uttarakhand. On Monday, ‘hijab’ appeared to be an issue among Muslim women voters who went to vote in UP. Many Muslim girls went to schools, wearing ‘hijab’, but at the school gates, they …

Let women wear the hijab or not: It’s not the job of State to meddle
2 years, 10 months ago

Let women wear the hijab or not: It’s not the job of State to meddle

Deccan Chronicle  

Yet another issue of the fundamental rights of individuals as opposed to the rights of the State has reached the Supreme Court. Constitutionally, the freedom of occupation and practising any profession exists but when butchers moved court against cow slaughter laws, the Supreme Court admitted it had to take religious sentiments into consideration and curtailed their rights. The United States’ …

Karnataka hijab controversy: Why Modi government should seriously think about Uniform Civil Code
2 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka hijab controversy: Why Modi government should seriously think about Uniform Civil Code

Firstpost  

When I first came to India, at first glance, I was touched by its diversity: Indian women in saree, men sporting a tilak on their foreheads, Christians with a big cross around their necks, Muslim women covering their heads with a scarf, Sikhs with their turbans, and so on. I first went there as a tourist: Everything appeared normal; Hindus …

Hijab Row: Hijab wearing woman will one day be PM of India, says Asaduddin Owaisi
2 years, 10 months ago

Hijab Row: Hijab wearing woman will one day be PM of India, says Asaduddin Owaisi

Firstpost  

The comments were made in a 43-second video, which comes amidst the raging hijab row and after the AIMIM chief came out in support of Muskan who was seen being heckled in Mandya district of Karnataka in a now-viral video Keeping the pot boiling amid the Karnataka hijab row and the Uttar Pradesh Assemby polls, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on …

Kerala Guv Arif Khan Refutes Obligatory Hijab in Islam, Says 'Divisive Mindset Behind Controversy'
2 years, 10 months ago

Kerala Guv Arif Khan Refutes Obligatory Hijab in Islam, Says 'Divisive Mindset Behind Controversy'

News 18  

Amid the ongoing debate over hijab, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan said that the hijab is not mandated in Islam and added that the controversy has been put forward by some people with decisive mindsets. The Kerala governor lists a series of examples from Islamic history to show that the religion has not interfered in these affairs and said that …

India dismisses U.S. official’s remarks on hijab controversy
2 years, 10 months 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 …

OPINION | Who brainwashed some Muslim girls over ‘hijab’ ?
2 years, 10 months ago

OPINION | Who brainwashed some Muslim girls over ‘hijab’ ?

India TV News  

As the ‘hijab’ controversy gained momentum with protests held by Muslims in several cities of India on Friday, the Supreme Court said it would take up all petitions relating to at the appropriate time. Do not push these issues to a larger level…Let us not make it communal or political, and let the High Court decide the constitutional question first.”The …

Hijab ban in Indian state violates religious freedom: US official
2 years, 10 months ago

Hijab ban in Indian state violates religious freedom: US official

Al Jazeera  

US ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom slams hijab ban by the southern Indian state, drawing a sharp response from India. Rashad Hussain, the US ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom, said in a tweet on Friday that the hijab ban would stigmatise and marginalise women and girls. Hijab bans in schools violate religious freedom and stigmatize and marginalize women and girls.” …

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