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 decisions — Bijoe Emmanuel, Delhi St. Stephen’s College the celebrated Right to Privacy judgment of 2017, and so on — not all of them directly related to the hijab issue. Acknowledging that it was under appeal, they said “be that as it may” and asserted: “We are in respectful agreement with the view expressed by the Full Bench that prescription of a dress code is intended to achieve uniformity amongst students in the school/college so as to maintain discipline and avoid disclosure of one’s religion.” The Chembur petition was eventually dismissed saying that “the pleadings in the writ petition to support the plea that donning of a hijab or nakab is an essential religious practice are insufficient”. Wearing a headscarf by Muslim women may not be an essential religious practice entitled to constitutional protection, but it remains a cultural practice everywhere across the globe.

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Scarves over headscarves, Muslim women’s outdoors group tackles snow tubing in Minnesota
2 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Hijab row: Indirect discrimination at the centre of the ongoing legal tangle
7 months, 1 week ago

Hijab row: Indirect discrimination at the centre of the ongoing legal tangle

Hindustan Times  

On August 9, the Supreme Court of India partly stayed the instructions regarding the dress code to be followed by students issued by Chembur Trombay Education Society’s NG Acharya and DK Marathe College, a private college in Mumbai. The petitioners, three female Muslim students, had approached the apex court challenging the judgment of a division bench of the Bombay High …

Supreme Court stays Maharashtra college directive prohibiting hijab on campus
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court stays Maharashtra college directive prohibiting hijab on campus

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a directive issued by a private college in Maharashtra prohibiting Muslim women students from wearing hijab or other symbols of their faith on campus. Justice Kumar questioned the college’s reasoning that the instruction was intended to draw attention away from the religion of students, and to treat everyone equally on the campus despite their …

Supreme Court stays Mumbai college's hijab ban, asks why tilak, bindi exempt
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court stays Mumbai college's hijab ban, asks why tilak, bindi exempt

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a circular issued by a Mumbai college that imposed a ban on wearing hijab, niqab, burqa, caps, and similar attire within its premises. A Mumbai-based private college had imposed a dress code under which students cannot wear a hijab, naqab, burka, stoles, caps and badges inside the premises. "Girl students must have freedom of …

Supreme Court Stays Hijab Ban Imposed By Mumbai Private College
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Stays Hijab Ban Imposed By Mumbai Private College

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the instruction issued by a private college in Mumbai banning the wearing of hijab, cap or badges by students on campus.The Court passed the interim order while hearing a petition filed by 3 Muslim women students of NG Acharya & DK Marathe College of Mumbai. The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the instruction issued …

Hijab Ban: SC to hear plea challenging a Bombay HC verdict upholding ban on hijabs, burqas
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Hijab Ban: SC to hear plea challenging a Bombay HC verdict upholding ban on hijabs, burqas

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a plea challenging a Bombay High Court verdict upholding a Mumbai college’s decision to ban hijabs, burqas and naqabs inside the campus. While Justice Hemant Gupta, since retired, dismissed the appeals challenging the judgment of the Karnataka High Court refusing to lift the ban, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia held there shall be no restriction …

HC upholds ban on hijab, burqa, niqabs in Chembur college
9 months ago

HC upholds ban on hijab, burqa, niqabs in Chembur college

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by nine female students of NG Acharya and DK Marathe College in Chembur, who had challenged their college dress code banning hijabs, niqabs, burkas, stoles, caps, and badges. HT Image The division bench, comprising justices AS Chandurkar and Rajesh Patil, upheld the college’s authority to enforce the dress code, …

Bombay High Court upholds hijab ban decision of a city college
9 months ago

Bombay High Court upholds hijab ban decision of a city college

Op India  

On 26th June, the Bombay High Court rejected an appeal from nine female students contesting a Mumbai college’s dress code, which forbade students from wearing Islamic headgear, stoles, burqas, hijabs and other items on campus. They submitted a petition to the High Court earlier this month, contesting a decision made by the NG Acharya and DK Marathe College of Art, …

High Court refuses to interfere in hijab ban decision of Mumbai college
9 months ago

High Court refuses to interfere in hijab ban decision of Mumbai college

Hindustan Times  

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to interfere in a decision taken by a city-based college to impose a ban on hijab, burka and naqab in its premises. The students moved the HC earlier this month, challenging a directive issued by the Chembur Trombay Education Society's NG Acharya and DK Marathe College imposing a dress code under which students …

Bombay HC dismisses petition filed by students against hijab ban in Mumbai college
9 months ago

Bombay HC dismisses petition filed by students against hijab ban in Mumbai college

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to interfere in a decision taken by a city-based college to impose a ban on hijab, burka and naqab in its premises. The students moved the HC earlier this month, challenging a directive issued by the Chembur Trombay Education Society's NG Acharya and DK Marathe College imposing a dress code under which …

Hijabs and niqabs are not an essential part of Islam, city college tells HC
9 months, 1 week ago

Hijabs and niqabs are not an essential part of Islam, city college tells HC

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The NG Acharya and DK Marathe College argued before the Bombay high court on Wednesday that wearing hijabs or naqabs was not an essential part of Islam and, therefore, does not need to be permitted on campus. The argument came in response to a petition filed by nine female students at the college challenging a dress code that banned …

Hijab ban part of dress code, not against Muslims, Mumbai college tells HC
9 months, 1 week ago

Hijab ban part of dress code, not against Muslims, Mumbai college tells HC

Hindustan Times  

A city-based college on Wednesday argued before the Bombay High Court that the ban on hijab, naqab and burka on its premises was only meant to enforce a uniform dress code and did not seek to target the Muslim community. Students wearing Hijab Nine female students last week moved the HC challenging the directive issued by the Chembur Trombay Education …

Plea In Bombay High Court Challenges Ban On Hijab At Mumbai's NG Acharya And DK Marathe College
9 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Chembur degree college bans hijab, niqab and burqa
10 months, 1 week ago

Chembur degree college bans hijab, niqab and burqa

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Acharya Marathe College in Chembur has extended its prohibition on Muslim girls wearing hijab and burqa to its degree college section. Chembur degree college bans hijab, niqab and burqa The college recently introduced a new dress code that includes a ban on attire considered “revealing” and objects of religious significance, specifically mentioning hijab, niqab, and burqa – traditional …

EU Public Employees May Be Barred from Wearing Head Scarf, Top Court Rules
1 year, 4 months ago

EU Public Employees May Be Barred from Wearing Head Scarf, Top Court Rules

News 18  

The top European Union court ruled on Tuesday that public authorities in member states can prohibit employees from wearing signs of religious belief, such as an Islamic head scarf, in the latest decision on an issue that has divided Europe for years. The case came to the Court of Justice of the European Union after an employee of the eastern …

Wearing a hijab has brought these Muslim women honour and joy, but it's also attracted abuse and hate
1 year, 6 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, 6 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 …

Muslim girls protest outside Mumbai college for banning burqa and hijab
1 year, 7 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 …

Why are Kerala medical students demanding alternatives to hijab inside operating theatres?
1 year, 9 months ago

Why are Kerala medical students demanding alternatives to hijab inside operating theatres?

Firstpost  

Women students from Kerala’s Government Medical College, citing their religious beliefs, have penned a letter to the principal asking they be allowed to wear long sleeve scrub jackets and surgical hoods in operating theatres. Some medical students have demanded that they be allowed to wear long sleeve scrub jackets and surgical hoods inside operation theatres as an alternative to the …

Damoh hijab case: Private school attempts to mislead, says 'its scarf, not hijab'
1 year, 9 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 …

Karnataka Minister says decision on hijab ban will ‘benefit all students’
1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka Minister says decision on hijab ban will ‘benefit all students’

Live Mint  

Karnataka Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa on Tuesday said that the Congress-led government will take a decision on hijab controversy that will 'benefit all students. But we will take a decision that will benefit all students.” The Education Minister's proclamation comes a day after CM Siddaramaiah met around 30 academicians who urged his government to reverse the hijab ban, saying, “Thousands …

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 …

Karnataka hijab ban | Individual’s belief matters in religious issues, agree judges
2 years, 5 months ago

Karnataka hijab ban | Individual’s belief matters in religious issues, agree judges

The Hindu  

Though the Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on students’ right to wear hijab in school, both judges on the Bench seemed to agree that believers or worshippers are the best persons to interpret whether a practice is essential to their religion or not. The Karnataka High Court had concluded that wearing hijab was not an essential religious …

Hijab ban to continue in Karnataka schools and PU colleges: Minister
2 years, 5 months ago

Hijab ban to continue in Karnataka schools and PU colleges: Minister

The Hindu  

Following a split verdict in the Supreme Court on the issue of hijab in classrooms, Karnataka’s Minister for School Education and Literacy B.C. Nagesh said the ban on headscarf in government schools and pre-university colleges will continue for now, as the apex court had not stayed the Karnataka High Court order that had earlier upheld the State government’s decision. Meanwhile, …

What the hijab ruling implies
2 years, 5 months ago

What the hijab ruling implies

Hindustan Times  

A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on a batch of petitions challenging restrictions in Karnataka on Muslim students wearing the hijab in classrooms. Justice Hemant Gupta sided with a Karnataka high court order that upheld the government order, which allowed educational institutions to draft their own uniform policies, and said he framed 11 issues in …

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 …

Men should strengthen their minds and free women from hijab: Haryana minister Anil Vij
2 years, 5 months ago

Men should strengthen their minds and free women from hijab: Haryana minister Anil Vij

Firstpost  

Chandigarh: Haryana Minister Anil Vij on Thursday waded into the headscarf issue saying men should strengthen their minds and free women from the hijab. Vij’s tweet came shortly before the Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court judgement refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions of the state. …

Supreme Court delivers split verdict on Karnataka hijab ban
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court delivers split verdict on Karnataka hijab ban

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on October 13 delivered a split verdict on whether Muslim students should shed their hijabs at their school gates. Justice Hemant Gupta upheld Karnataka’s prohibitive government order of February 5, saying “apparent symbols of religious belief cannot be worn to secular schools maintained from State funds”. “Asking the girls to take off their hijab before they enter …

SC Hijab Case Verdict Today: What Has Been Argued In Court? What Might Happen?
2 years, 5 months ago

SC Hijab Case Verdict Today: What Has Been Argued In Court? What Might Happen?

The Quint  

The Karnataka High Court, had on 15 March, highlighted the following key points in its judgement: On Essential Religious Practice: Dismissing the petitions filed by Muslim girl students, seeking protection of their right to wear hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka, the Karnataka High Court said: "We are of the considered opinion that wearing of hijab by Muslim women does …

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 …

The SC’s final ruling in the hijab case will have broader implications
2 years, 6 months ago

The SC’s final ruling in the hijab case will have broader implications

Hindustan Times  

Over the last few weeks, the Supreme Court has been hearing challenges to a ban on the hijab in certain State-run educational institutions in Karnataka. The hijab case raises several issues about Muslim women students’ right to education, the meanings of secularism, tolerance, and accommodation under the Constitution, fostering diversity and pluralism in classrooms, and the limits of State power. …

No Fundamental Right To Wear Hijab In Classroom Defying Uniform Rule : Karnataka AG Tells Supreme Court [Day 9]
2 years, 6 months ago

No Fundamental Right To Wear Hijab In Classroom Defying Uniform Rule : Karnataka AG Tells Supreme Court [Day 9]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today continued hearing the petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on wearing hijab by Muslim students in educational institutions. He submitted that if it is held that there is no fundamental right to wear hijab under Article 25, what remains before the Court is the reasonableness of the restriction of uniform in …

Karnataka Hijab ban: We are not interpreters of Quran, says SC
2 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka Hijab ban: We are not interpreters of Quran, says SC

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court said on Thursday it is not the "interpreter" of the Holy Quran and it has been argued before it in the Karnataka Hijab ban matter that courts are not equipped to interpret religious scriptures. The apex court, which was hearing arguments on a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict refusing to lift …

Essential, religious practices to right to dress: Issues debated in SC over K'taka hijab row
2 years, 6 months ago

Essential, religious practices to right to dress: Issues debated in SC over K'taka hijab row

India Today  

The Supreme Court discussed various aspects of the debate over the Karnataka Hijab Controversy over the last five days. On Wednesday, during arguments before the bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia in the petitions relating to the Karnataka Hijab ban, Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi made an interesting point -- that the girls who are being prevented from wearing …

Hijab ban amounts to discrimination: Student-petitioner tells Supreme Court
2 years, 6 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 …

Karnataka Government needs to justify the restraint on wearing hijabs, says petitioners’ counsel
2 years, 6 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 …

Hijab case | Positive secularism is allowed, student tells Supreme Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Hijab case | Positive secularism is allowed, student tells Supreme Court

The Hindu  

India believes in 'positive secularism' based on tolerance of all religious faiths and not 'negative secularism' followed in countries like France which holds that display of religion in public is offensive, Aishat Shifa, a student from Karnataka who has challenged the ban on wearing hijab to school, told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Mr. Kamat referred to a South African …

Hijab Case| Secularism Doesn't Mean Students Of Only One Faith Won't Display Religion : Devadatt Kamat Before Supreme Court [Day 2]
2 years, 6 months ago

Hijab Case| Secularism Doesn't Mean Students Of Only One Faith Won't Display Religion : Devadatt Kamat Before Supreme Court [Day 2]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, continued hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on wearing of Hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State. Senior Advocate Devadatt Kamat appearing for the Petitioners argued that the Government Order is not "innocuous", as argued by the State, but violates …

Supreme Court asks whether the right to wear hijab can be exercised in a school with a dress code
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court asks whether the right to wear hijab can be exercised in a school with a dress code

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday asked whether a student can exercise her private religious right to wear a hijab in a school which adheres to a dress code. Mr. Dhawan said the questions before the court were basically two: one, given a dress code, is there a right to superimpose on that a religious right as well, and how can …

Hijab Case : Can Religious Clothing Be Worn In A Govt Institution In A Secular Country? Supreme Court Asks During Hearing [Day 1]
2 years, 6 months ago

Hijab Case : Can Religious Clothing Be Worn In A Govt Institution In A Secular Country? Supreme Court Asks During Hearing [Day 1]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Monday, heard a batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on wearing hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State.The matter was heard by the bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia. The Supreme Court, on Monday, heard a batch of petitions challenging the …

Hijab row: Appeals against Karnataka High Court ruling may be listed next week, indicates SC
2 years, 8 months ago

Hijab row: Appeals against Karnataka High Court ruling may be listed next week, indicates SC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that appeals challenging Karnataka High Court’s conclusion that wearing hijab was not an essential practice in Islam would be listed next week. Ms. Naaz argued that the High Court judgment had created a "dichotomy of freedom of religion and freedom of conscience". "This freedom would include the freedom to lawfully express one's identity in …

Hijab row: Petitions filed by students in limbo in Supreme Court
2 years, 9 months ago

Hijab row: Petitions filed by students in limbo in Supreme Court

The Hindu  

Appeals filed in the Supreme Court challenging Karnataka High Court’s conclusion that wearing hijab is not an essential practice in Islam has been in limbo for several months. “This freedom would include the freedom to lawfully express one’s identity in the manner of their liking,” the student referred to the Supreme Court judgment in Navtej Singh Johar case. She said …

Hijab controversy: Two Udupi student-petitioners not allowed to take exams wearing burqa
2 years, 11 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 …

Hijab verdict: Lifting the veil on essentiality
2 years, 11 months ago

Hijab verdict: Lifting the veil on essentiality

The Hindu  

IN the last week of March, the Karnataka Education Department suspended seven teachers and two officials for allegedly allowing hijab-wearing students to appear for the SSLC examination at an examination centre in Gadag in violation of a Karnataka High Court order. Terming it as not an essential part of Islam, the court stated: “We are of the considered opinion that …

'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, …

Judicial letdown: Karnataka High Court upholds ban on hijab in classrooms
2 years, 11 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 …

Hijab row: All India Muslim Personal Law Board moves Supreme Court against Karnataka HC's verdict
3 years ago

Hijab row: All India Muslim Personal Law Board moves Supreme Court against Karnataka HC's verdict

Firstpost  

Karnataka High Court had passed the judgment on 15 March that wearing of hijab is not a part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith and thus, it is not protected under the Article 25 of the Constitution. After Karnataka High Court passed the judgment which upheld the ban on hijab in classrooms stating that wearing of headscarves by Muslim …

Two freedoms and the hijab in our midst
3 years ago

Two freedoms and the hijab in our midst

The Hindu  

Upon hearing the petitions of Muslim students seeking permission to wear the hijab inside educational institutions, the Karnataka High Court recently ruled that wearing the hijab is not an essential practice in Islam. One is whether Muslim women ‘freely’ choose to wear the hijab or do so because they are socially conditioned to believe that al haya is a womanly …

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