On Sunday, Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi declared that a girl wearing a hijab would be the Prime Minister of India one day. This comes amid the Karnataka hijab row that erupted after a group of Muslim students were barred from entering their college on account of wearing hijabs....
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New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: Amid the row over wearing hijab in schools and other educational institutions in Karnataka, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Friday said there were instances of women refusing to wear the veil when one traces the history of Islam. He was replying to a question regarding his...
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Bengaluru: All students must avoid wearing the hijab, saffron shawls or any religious clothing in class “until further orders”, the Karnataka High Court said in an interim order while hearing a petition challenging a “dress code” by some colleges restricting hijabs in class. The order is only for colleges that have...
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New Delhi: Protests in Karnataka over college students being denied the right to wear a hijab were flagged Thursday by Manchester United footballer Paul Pogba, who shared an Instagram story – “Hindutva mobs continue to harass Muslim girls wearing Hijab to college in India”. Pogba, a French national whose...
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New Delhi: Protests in Karnataka over college students being denied the right to wear a hijab were flagged Thursday by Manchester United footballer Paul Pogba, who shared an Instagram story – “Hindutva mobs continue to harass Muslim girls wearing Hijab to college in India”. Pogba, a French national whose...
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New Delhi: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday spoke to the hijab-clad student who was heckled by boys wearing saffron scarves in a viral video from Karnataka that has triggered massive outrage. Mr Owaisi said that that her act of fearlessness has become a source...
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Bhopal: The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh said Wednesday that it is not considering a proposal to ban the wearing of the hijab, or headscarf, in educational institutions in the state. “There is no controversy over (the wearing of) hijab in Madhya Pradesh. No proposal is under consideration by...
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A single-judge bench of Justice Krishna Dixit has referred the Karnataka hijab matter to a larger bench. The decision came after Advocate General Prabhuling Navadagi, appearing for Karnataka, opposed the grant of interim relief to allow students to attend colleges wearing hijab. Justice Dixit said: “The registry is directed...
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New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday spoke up in support of college students in Karnataka who have been banned from wearing the hijab in classrooms, tweeting that the choice of what clothes to wear was theirs alone, and that this right is protected by the Constitution....
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New Delhi: Incidents of stone pelting and use of force by police were reported on Tuesday as the hijab row in Karnataka escalated and protests by students spread to more colleges prompting the state government to declare a three-day holiday for all educational institutions. As the Karnataka High Court...
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