MP: Probe ordered against private school after posters of hijab-clad Hindu and Jain students surfaced
1 year, 6 months ago

MP: Probe ordered against private school after posters of hijab-clad Hindu and Jain students surfaced

Op India  

A major controversy erupted in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh after it was claimed that a private school is forcing students to wear a “hijab.” The accusations were made following the publication of an Ganga Jamuna Higher Secondary School is a private, English-medium established in ward number 4 of the Futera neighbourhood in the Damoh region. Priyank Kanoongo, the head of the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights tweeted, “A complaint has been received about a school in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district forcing Hindu and other non-Muslim girls to wear burqas and hijabs in the name of school uniforms. Cognizance of this is being taken and instructions are being sent to Collector Damoh and Superintendent of Police, Damoh for necessary action.” मध्यप्रदेश के दमोह ज़िले में एक स्कूल द्वारा हिंदू और अन्य ग़ैर मुस्लिम बच्चियों को स्कूल यूनीफ़ॉर्म के नाम पर जबरन बुर्का व हिजाब पहनाये जाने की शिकायत प्राप्त हुई है। इसका संज्ञान लिया जा रहा है एवं आवश्यक कार्यवाही हेतु @CollectorDamoh व पुलिस अधीक्षक दमोह को निर्देश प्रेषित… — प्रियंक कानूनगो Priyank Kanoongo May 30, 2023 The NCPCR chief took note of the situation and yesterday sent a notice to the DM seeking an action report within a week. “In the matter of Hindu girls being shown in hijab in Ganga Jamuna School in Damoh, the District Education Officer and the local police officer investigated the matter but found nothing. Damoh, Madhya Pradesh: Poster's of Hindu girls wearing Hijab installed outside a pvt school are circulating widely on the internet since morning.

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Plea In Bombay High Court Challenges Ban On Hijab At Mumbai's NG Acharya And DK Marathe College
6 months, 1 week ago

Plea In Bombay High Court Challenges Ban On Hijab At Mumbai's NG Acharya And DK Marathe College

Live Law  

Nine students from Mumbai's NG Acharya and D. K. Marathe College of Art, Science and Commerce have approached the Bombay High Court challenging a recently implemented dress code by the college authorities prohibiting students from wearing hijab on the campus. The petition states that on May 13, 2024, the petitioners attempted to discuss their concerns with the college management and …

Gujarat: Muslim students asked to remove hijab before board exam, action against principal after outrage
9 months, 1 week ago

Gujarat: Muslim students asked to remove hijab before board exam, action against principal after outrage

India TV News  

An exam administrator was removed by the Gujarat Education Department from duty after he allegedly compelled Muslim girl students to remove their hijabs before a Class X examination in Bharuch on Thursday. Following complaints from the parents, the state education department swiftly removed the exam centre administrator, Ilaben Suratiya, who is also the principal of the school. CCTV footage reviewed …

What To Eat, Wear, or Practise: Can BJP Focus on Governance Instead of Policing?
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

No room for hijab yet in Karnataka
11 months, 3 weeks ago

No room for hijab yet in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Will the Karnataka government revoke the order that, in effect, imposes a ban on girl students wearing the hijab in classrooms? Soon, protests flared up across Karnataka, with a section of Hindu students insisting that they would wear saffron shawls if Muslim girls were allowed to wear the hijab. The video of a burqa-clad college girl, Muskaan, being heckled by …

Amidst opposition from the BJP, progressive groups demand CM walk the talk on lifting hijab ban
1 year ago

Amidst opposition from the BJP, progressive groups demand CM walk the talk on lifting hijab ban

The Hindu  

Even as the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party upped the ante against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who on Friday said that his government would withdraw the hijab ban in educational institutions, putting him on the backfoot, several progressive groups have demanded that he walk the talk and issue a formal withdrawal order. However, several progressive groups that had fought against what was …

MP: Hindu girls made to wear hijab and sing Islamic songs on Eid in a school in Guna
1 year, 2 months ago

MP: Hindu girls made to wear hijab and sing Islamic songs on Eid in a school in Guna

Op India  

On 27 September, a day before Eid Milad-un-Nabi, a dance programme was organised in which all students, including Hindus, were made to wear the hijab and sing Islamic songs in a private school located in Guna, Madhya Pradesh. A small student is Hindu girls in a private school in Guna, MP made to wear hijab and sing Islam1c songs. Workers …

Muslim girls protest outside Mumbai college for banning burqa and hijab
1 year, 4 months ago

Muslim girls protest outside Mumbai college for banning burqa and hijab

Op India  

On Wednesday, August 2, protests were staged outside the NG Acharya & DK Marathe College in Mumbai’s Chembur against the college’s uniform policy. Responding to the query on the students being asked to remove the burqa outside the college gate, Vidya Gauri Lele said, “Yes, earlier it was said to remove their burqas before entering the college. Karnataka Hijab Controversy …

Hyderabad: School Principal, Teachers Booked in Hijab Row at Hayathnagar School
1 year, 5 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 …

Madhya Pradesh: Hindu kids forced to read Bible in Addharshila children's home
1 year, 6 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Hindu kids forced to read Bible in Addharshila children's home

Op India  

A case of preaching and attempting religious conversion has appeared in Damoh of Madhya Pradesh. A delegation from the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights reached Damoh on Sunday 11th June 2023 to investigate a complaint concerning a children’s home operated by Ajay Lal. Upon their arrival, Dr Nivedita Sharma and Onkar Singh, two members of the Madhya Pradesh …

Damoh school case: Principal of Ganga Jamna School, where Hindu girls were wearing Hijab in a poster, teacher and a security guard arrested
1 year, 6 months ago

Damoh school case: Principal of Ganga Jamna School, where Hindu girls were wearing Hijab in a poster, teacher and a security guard arrested

Op India  

In a major development in the Ganga Jamna School row in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district, three persons including the school principal have been arrested by police, officials said on Sunday. According to the police, Ganga Jamna School in MP’s Damoh hit the headlines after purported posters of the school went viral on social media in which a few Hindu girls …

Damoh Hijab Case: District Education Officer to be removed for giving clean chit to Ganga Jamuna School
1 year, 6 months ago

Damoh Hijab Case: District Education Officer to be removed for giving clean chit to Ganga Jamuna School

Op India  

In an update to the ongoing hijab controversy at the Ganga Jamuna School in the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, School Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar revealed that Damoh Collector Mayank Agarwal is trying to save the District Education Officer SK Mishra who is found guilty as per the prima facie information obtained. Confirming the DEO’s negative involvement in the …

Damoh hijab case: Private school attempts to mislead, says 'its scarf, not hijab'
1 year, 6 months ago

Damoh hijab case: Private school attempts to mislead, says 'its scarf, not hijab'

Op India  

On Friday, in the Damoh hijab case where Hindu and Jain girls were seen wearing Hijab on the posters of meritorious students from a private school, along with in several photos on Facebook, the school administrator Haji Mohammad Idris claimed that the students were wearing scarves and not hijabs. मध्यप्रदेश के दमोह ज़िले में एक स्कूल द्वारा हिंदू और अन्य …

Row in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh after poster shows schoolgirls in hijab, CM orders probe
1 year, 6 months ago

Row in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh after poster shows schoolgirls in hijab, CM orders probe

India Today  

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ordered a probe into a poster put up by a private school in Damoh district in which schoolgirls, irrespective of their religion, were seen wearing hijab. Shivraj Singh Chouhan ordered a probe after an inquiry was already collected by Damoh district administration and the allegations of Hindu girls being forced to wear …

New probe into MP school poster over ‘hijab’ row after MP home minister steps in
1 year, 6 months ago

New probe into MP school poster over ‘hijab’ row after MP home minister steps in

Hindustan Times  

BHOPAL/SAGAR: Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra on Wednesday ordered a detailed police inquiry into a poster by a private school congratulating 18 students for their performance in the board examination after a controversy erupted on social media over the girls wearing headscarves irrespective of their religion. Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra ordered a detailed inquiry after the first …

Hijabs during exams: Karnataka girl students move SC seeking permission; CJI says will form bench
1 year, 10 months ago

Hijabs during exams: Karnataka girl students move SC seeking permission; CJI says will form bench

India Today  

A group of girl students from Karnataka on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing on their plea, seeking permission to sit for exams while wearing hijab. After the Karnataka government banned the wearing of hijab in Government Pre-University Colleges, several Muslim students had to move to private colleges. The top court in October 2022 delivered a split …

Closing The Gates To Education: Violations Of Rights Of Muslim Women Students: PUCL’s Report On Hijab Ban
1 year, 11 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, 1 month 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 …

India’s Supreme Court panel split on allowing hijab in classrooms
2 years, 2 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 …

Students were goaded into wearing hijab to school by PFI through social media, Karnataka tells SC
2 years, 3 months ago

Students were goaded into wearing hijab to school by PFI through social media, Karnataka tells SC

The Hindu  

Karnataka in Supreme Court on September 20, 2022 said students were goaded into wearing hijab to school by the Popular Front of India through social media messages. Appearing before a Bench led by Justice Hemant Gupta, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said no student was insisting on hijab till 2022. Mr. Mehta said the agitation on hijab was part of a …

Students seeking nod to wear Hijab influenced by PFI: Karnataka govt tells Supreme Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Students seeking nod to wear Hijab influenced by PFI: Karnataka govt tells Supreme Court

India Today  

The Karnataka government has told the Supreme Court that the student petitioners who challenged the hijab ban in the state government institutions were influenced by the radical outfit Popular Front of India. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Karnataka government, told a bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia that on March 29, 2013, the Government Pre-University Girls …

Karnataka hijab ban | Wearing hijab is an expression of the self, says Sibal
2 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka hijab ban | Wearing hijab is an expression of the self, says Sibal

The Hindu  

Hijab is a Muslim woman’s self-expression. Watch | Karnataka’s hijab controversy explained The senior counsel, appearing for a student-petitioner against Karnataka’s ban on wearing hijab in classrooms, said the Supreme Court should refer the case to a Constitution Bench, which should in turn first decide whether “wearing a dress is self-expression, which lies both at the heart of the fundamental …

AIMPLB slams hijab-clad school girls dancing at Onam celebrations
2 years, 3 months ago

AIMPLB slams hijab-clad school girls dancing at Onam celebrations

Op India  

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board slammed hijab-clad girls whose video of celebrating Onam had gone viral on the internet. On Friday, the hijab wearing Islamist girls in a high school at Wandoor town in the Malappuram district of Kerala celebrated the festival of Onam with much gusto and excitement. All India Muslim Personal Law Board criticised the hijab …

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 3 months ago

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court will continue the hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on the wearing of Hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State. A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear the matterIn the last hearing of the matter, the main arguments were …

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 3 months ago

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court will continue the hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on the wearing of Hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State. A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear the matterIn the last hearing of the matter, the main arguments were …

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 3 months ago

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court will continue the hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on the wearing of Hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State. A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear the matterIn the last hearing of the matter, the main arguments were …

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 3 months ago

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court will continue the hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on the wearing of Hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State. A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear the matterIn the last hearing of the matter, the main arguments were …

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 3 months ago

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court will continue the hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on the wearing of Hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State. A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear the matterIn the last hearing of the matter, the main arguments were …

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 3 months ago

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court will continue the hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on the wearing of Hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State. A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear the matterIn the last hearing of the matter, the main arguments were …

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 3 months ago

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court will continue the hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on the wearing of Hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State. A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear the matterIn the last hearing of the matter, the main arguments were …

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 3 months ago

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court will continue the hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on the wearing of Hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State. A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear the matterIn the last hearing of the matter, the main arguments were …

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 3 months ago

Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- Day-2 -LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court will continue the hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on the wearing of Hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State. A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear the matterIn the last hearing of the matter, the main arguments were …

WATCH: Amid Karnataka's hijab controversy, Kerala students in headgear celebrate Onam in school
2 years, 3 months ago

WATCH: Amid Karnataka's hijab controversy, Kerala students in headgear celebrate Onam in school

Firstpost  

The viral video shows several hijab-wearing students of Wandoor Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Malappuram wearing sarees and dancing to music, along with their other school mates, as part of the Onam celebrations held in their institutions Malappuram: A short video clip of Hijab wearing students celebrating Onam in a high school in Wandoor area of this northern Kerala …

Hijab row escalates: Insta post calls for beheading of Sri Ram Sena chief, BJP leader
2 years, 6 months ago

Hijab row escalates: Insta post calls for beheading of Sri Ram Sena chief, BJP leader

India Today  

The row over wearing hijab in classrooms witnessed a scary escalation in Karnataka as a post on social media called for the beheading of BJP leader Yashpal Suvarna and Sri Ram Sena chief Pramod Muthalik for money. BJP leader Yashpal Suvarna, who is also a member of the college administration, said, "Getting such messages and calls through social media is …

Karnataka: 23 girls suspended from Mangaluru college for wearing hijab
2 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka: 23 girls suspended from Mangaluru college for wearing hijab

Hindustan Times  

A government college in Mangaluru has suspended 23 students who wore hijabs to their classrooms despite repeated warnings, news agency PTI reported. The incident at Uppinangady Government First Grade College in Puttur Taluk of Dakshina Kannada district comes barely a week after the same college, affiliated with Mangalore University, suspended four students who had come to college wearing hijab. The …

Karnataka: Students who challenged hijab ban prevented from taking exam in Udupi
2 years, 8 months ago

Karnataka: Students who challenged hijab ban prevented from taking exam in Udupi

Live Mint  

Two pre-university college students from Udupi who had approached the Karnataka High Court challenging the ban on hijab, returned from the exam centre on Friday as they were not allowed to write the exam wearing hijab, according to news agency PTI report. They insisted that they should be allowed to write the exam wearing hijab but the college authorities citing …

Hijab controversy: Two Udupi student-petitioners not allowed to take exams wearing burqa
2 years, 8 months ago

Hijab controversy: Two Udupi student-petitioners not allowed to take exams wearing burqa

India TV News  

Highlights The girls returned from the examination centre after they arrived wearing burqas The girls were asked to follow the dress code but the refused and returned Karnataka HC had earlier declared that educational institutions have a right to prescribe uniforms Two girl students who had first petitioned the court seeking permission to wear Hijab inside classrooms in Karnataka's Udupi …

Judicial letdown: Karnataka High Court upholds ban on hijab in classrooms
2 years, 8 months ago

Judicial letdown: Karnataka High Court upholds ban on hijab in classrooms

The Hindu  

IN an interview in early February, three of the six girls who insisted on wearing the hijab in their classroom at Government Girls Pre-University College in Udupi and had filed a writ petition in the Karnataka High Court, spoke about their ambitions in life. The girls seemed to have lost some of that confidence on March 15 when five of …

Another Karnataka teacher suspended for allowing girl to wear hijab during exam in Kalaburagi
2 years, 8 months ago

Another Karnataka teacher suspended for allowing girl to wear hijab during exam in Kalaburagi

India Today  

A teacher in Karnataka's Kalaburagi district was allegedly suspended for allowing a girl student to wear hijab during an exam on Thursday. On Wednesday, seven teachers in the Gadag district were suspended for allowing girl students to wear the hijab as they appeared for the SSLC exams. READ: Karnataka hijab row: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed welcomes HC's verdict | Video …

Hijab controversy: 40 Muslim girls abstain from PU exams in Udupi
2 years, 8 months ago

Hijab controversy: 40 Muslim girls abstain from PU exams in Udupi

India TV News  

Forty Muslim girl students from Udupi district of Karnataka abstained from appearing for the first pre-university examination on Tuesday as they were apparently hurt by the recent High Court verdict against wearing of hijab inside classrooms. The Karnataka High Court on March 15 had dismissed petitions seeking permission to wear hijab inside the classroom, saying the headscarf is not a …

MP varsity orders probe after right-wing activists submit video of girl wearing hijab offering namaz
2 years, 8 months ago

MP varsity orders probe after right-wing activists submit video of girl wearing hijab offering namaz

India TV News  

Highlights Video of Muslim girl wearing Hijab, purportedly offering namaz inside classroom has gone viral Memorandum demanding action was submitted to varsity by Hindu Jagran Manch after video clip surfaced HGU Registrar Santosh Sahgaura said that a complaint has been received along with a video clip Hijab controversy : A video of a Muslim girl wearing a Hijab and purportedly …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Don’t ‘weaponise’ hijab, time to be more flexible
2 years, 9 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Don’t ‘weaponise’ hijab, time to be more flexible

Deccan Chronicle  

The three-judge bench of the Karnataka high court has flatly rejected the petition of the six girls from the Pre-University Government College in Udupi and others from Kundapur and Bengaluru that the hijab is an “essential part” of Islam. It can only be conjectured that the Hindu communal elements in the school administration chose to act against the hijab, and …

Hijab ban in classroom: SC to hear pleas against Karnataka HC verdict after Holi vacation
2 years, 9 months ago

Hijab ban in classroom: SC to hear pleas against Karnataka HC verdict after Holi vacation

Firstpost  

A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana took note of the submissions of senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, appearing for some students, that urgent hearing was needed keeping in mind the upcoming examinations. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list for hearing after Holi vacation the pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict which dismissed the petitions …

Hijab controversy: Supreme Court to hear pleas contesting Karnataka HC verdict after Holi
2 years, 9 months ago

Hijab controversy: Supreme Court to hear pleas contesting Karnataka HC verdict after Holi

India TV News  

Highlights HC on Tuesday said that the Karnataka government order dated February 5 is not unconstitutional HC also declared that educational institutions have a right to prescribe uniforms It said prescription of uniform is a reasonable restriction which students could not object to The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list for hearing after Holi vacation the pleas challenging the …

Hijab bans deepen Hindu-Muslim fault lines in Indian state
2 years, 9 months 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 …

Karnataka hijab row: Timeline of events
2 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka hijab row: Timeline of events

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka high court on Tuesday said the hijab does not constitute an essential religious practice in Islam. "We are of the considered opinion wearing of hijab by Muslim women does not form a part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith," the bench led by Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi said. The court also ruled on a February 5 …

'Hijab Not Essential Religious Practice In Islam': Karnataka High Court Dismisses Muslim Girls' Petitions Against Hijab Ban In Colleges
2 years, 9 months ago

'Hijab Not Essential Religious Practice In Islam': Karnataka High Court Dismisses Muslim Girls' Petitions Against Hijab Ban In Colleges

Live Law  

Wearing of hijab is not a part of Essential Religious Practice in Islamic faith and thus, is not protected under Article 25 of the Constitution, the Karnataka High Court has held today.A Full Bench of the High Court further held that prescription of school uniform by the State is a reasonable restriction the students' rights under Article 25 and thus, …

Gujarat: VHP activists detained for protesting against girls wearing hijab at Surat school
2 years, 10 months ago

Gujarat: VHP activists detained for protesting against girls wearing hijab at Surat school

India Today  

At least 12 activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad were on Tuesday detained for protesting against a group of girls wearing hijab at a school in Gujarat's Surat, police said. The VHP activists were detained from the school premises, where they had gathered to protest against some girls wearing hijab, inspector M B Rathod of Kapodra police station said. The …

Data | Hijab row: Why the ban is a double blow to Muslim girl students
2 years, 10 months ago

Data | Hijab row: Why the ban is a double blow to Muslim girl students

The Hindu  

On December 30, 2021, a controversy erupted at the Government PU College for Girls in Udupi, Karnataka, after 12 students submitted a memorandum to the principal seeking permission to wear hijabs in classrooms. Moreover, agitations against Muslim girls wearing hijabs have erupted in parts of the State, instilling fear among the students. According to the National Family Health Survey -5, …

58 girls suspended from college in Karnataka for wearing Hijab, holding protest
2 years, 10 months ago

58 girls suspended from college in Karnataka for wearing Hijab, holding protest

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Girl students in many parts of Karnataka were denied entry into their respective educational institutions on Saturday as they arrived in hijabs, despite a court order, as the issue showed no signs of abating after its flare-up about a fortnight ago that prompted the government to close down colleges and institutions for a couple of days. As many as …

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