Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The story so far: A church-run school affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education in Kerala’s Ernakulam district hit the headlines after the parents of a Class 8 student alleged that the management refused to permit her attend classes wearing a hijab (headscarf). … Read more
Students demand online classes or permission to wear hijab in offline classes, outside the I.D.S.G Government College, in Chikmagalur, Karnataka, on March 5, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI Will the Karnataka government revoke the order that, in effect, imposes a ban on girl students wearing the hijab in classrooms? All indications are that that is … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – An Iranian general on Monday acknowledged that more than 300 people have been killed in the unrest surrounding nationwide protests, giving the first official word on casualties in two months. That estimate is considerably lower than the toll reported by Human Rights Activists in Iran, a U.S.-based group that has … Read more
Karnataka High Court had concluded that wearing hijab was not an essential practice in Islam Karnataka High Court had concluded that wearing hijab was not an essential practice in Islam 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 … Read more
On March 15, the Karnataka High Court ruled that a hijab is not a part of the essential religious practice in Islamic faith On March 15, the Karnataka High Court ruled that a hijab is not a part of the essential religious practice in Islamic faith The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict … Read more
The Uppinangady Government First Grade College management has suspended 23 girl students, who staged a protest demanding permission to wear Hijab inside classrooms last week. The Puttur BJP MLA and the College Development Committee (CDC) chairman Sanjeeva Matandoor told PTI on Tuesday, “The students staged a demonstration. So they were suspended on Monday.” According to … Read more
Sections of BJP legislators in Karnataka have begun a quiet outreach in their constituencies in a bid to convince Muslim women that the party cared for their welfare after the recent hijab row. Saffron-clad boys on the one side and slogan-shouting Muslim girls on the other in front of many colleges in Karnataka showed the … Read more
Wearing headscarf was an innocent practice of faith and not display of religious jingoism, petitioners in the hijab case contended in the Karnataka high court on Tuesday. Appearing for students of Udupi‘s pre-university college, senior counsel Devadatt Kamat argued that Article 25 spoke of freedom of conscience. He requested that students be allowed to attend … Read more
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that the Karnataka government should resolve the hijab row and Opposition parties should not use the controversy for political gains. Speaking to ANI, Kharge said, “The government should resolve the hijab row according to the rules. Opposition parties should … Read more