Hijab ban
- Telangana
Owaisi targets Congress on ‘hijab ban’ in Karnataka, targets Revanth
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on November 14, Tuesday slammed the ruling Congress in Karnataka for its decision to ban all forms of headcover in the exams held in…
- India
Attempt to repeat Karnataka in Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti on ‘abaya ban’
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday condemned the ‘abaya ban’ and alleged that efforts are being made to create a situation in Kashmir similar…
- India
Kashmir: Vishwa Bharati School bans burqa; backtracks after outrage
Srinagar: Several female students of Vishwa Bharti Higher Secondary School in the Rainwari area of Srinagar staged a demonstration outside the school against the principal on Thursday for allegedly banning the burqa…
- India
Karnataka government all set to overturn hijab ban
Bengaluru: The new Congress government in Karnataka is all set to remove the ban on hijab in the state, sources said on Wednesday. The new government is waiting to settle down and…
- Politics
Hijab ban in Karnataka: Will Congress lift it? Know what Muslim woman MLA says
The hijab ban in Karnataka has sparked a major controversy and is once again set to make headlines as the Congress party may consider lifting it after assuming power in the state.…
- India
Karnataka: PUC topper Tabassum Shaik calls Hijab ban ‘unfair’
A year after Karnataka was hit by the hijab controversy disallowing several hijab-clad PU Muslim girls to discontinue or look for other options for education, a hijab-clad Muslim student topped this year’s…
- India
Hijab not a major issue in coastal Karnataka election campaign
Mangaluru: The controversial issue of Muslim girls wearing ‘hijab’ in educational institutions, which hit national headlines last year with a government pre-university college in Udupi banning it inside classrooms, does not appear to…
- Hyderabad
Unity among Muslims is need of the hour: Maulana Imran Masood
Hyderabad: In view of increasing sectarianism in the nation, Imam of Jama Masjid- Bengaluru, Maulana Imran Masood held that Muslims should consider ‘unity’ as their shield to sail through the situation. The…
- India
Hijab ban: Karnataka govt paid over Rs 4 lakh per hearing to SG, ASG, says report
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Karnataka government paid Rs 4,40,000 lakhs per hearing each to Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General of India K M Nataraj who argued on…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Waqf board to start colleges, schools that permit hijab
The Karnataka Waqf board will soon start schools and colleges where students will be allowed to wear the hijab, unlike several government educational institutions in Karnataka. According to Waqf board chairman Shafi Sadi,…
- India
Karnataka: News18 fined Rs 50K for calling hijab supporters as ‘Al Qaeda’
A fine of Rs 50,000 has been imposed on News18 India by News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) for its coverage of the Karnataka hijab ban. The anchor, Aman Chopra, who…
- Opinions
Debate over hijab: State can make law that regulates secular activity
I ask myself why the Court needed to ask whether the fundamental rights of freedom of expression under Article 19 (1) (a) and the right of privacy under Article 21 are mutually…
- Opinions
Debate over hijab: Kiskay rokey ruka hai savera
Not mere passive religious tolerance, secularism is a positive concept in the Indian constitution: equal treatment of all religions, and Santosh Kumar v. Secretary, Ministry of HRD quoted Justice H.R. Khanna: secularism…
- Middle East
Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi apologizes for competing without hijab on Instagram
Tehran: Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi, who competed in South Korea on Sunday without wearing a headscarf , has offered an apology, saying that she had competed without a hijab accidentally. Early Tuesday, a…
- India
Hijab row: We are waiting for justice from SC, not verdict says Aliya Assadi
On 13 October, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Hemanth Gupta & Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia delivered a split verdict in the hijab ban case. While Justice Hemant Gupta upheld…
