Somali police have burned hundreds of women’s niqabs because of fears jihadists could use the garments to carry out terror attacks. Warsame Ahmed Gelle, the local police chief, told state TV that the crackdown had been triggered by concerns jihadists could conceal their identities in order to carry out attacks. He said: “In Jubbaland and in the entirety of Somalia, …
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, …
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 …
