Hijab ban
- 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
Karnataka hijab ban: SC delivers split verdict
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday pronounced a split verdict in the Karnataka Hijab ban case. A bench of justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia pronounced the judgement today. Justice Hemant…
- India
Hijab ban: Karnataka awaits SC verdict with bated breath
Bangalore: The Supreme Court will on Thursday pronounce its judgment on a clutch of petitions challenging the High Court’s verdict banning the hijab in educational institutions of Karnataka. The hijab crisis in…
- India
Rancorous arguments on hijab ban conclude, SC reserves judgement
New Delhi: The meandering 10-day arguments on Karnataka’s hijab row concluded on Thursday, with the counsel for Muslim petitioners making a last gasp effort to have the ban on the Islamic headscarf…
- India
Hijab ban: 17K girls skipped exam post HC order, claims advocate
Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, appearing on behalf of the Muslim woman protesting the Karnataka high court’s ruling on the hijab ban said in the Supreme Court that the ruling resulted in thousands…
- India
‘Zaamane ke saath chalo’ and other jabs: Muslim students post hijab-ban
The hijab issue first surfaced on December 31, 2021, when six hijab-wearing students were not allowed by their college administration in Udupi, Karnataka. It soon spread like a firestorm engulfing the state,…
- India
‘Will not permit forum shopping’, SC on pleas against Karnataka hijab ban
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed anguish at petitioners’ counsel seeking adjournment on a clutch of pleas against the Karnataka High Court judgment, which upheld the right of educational institutions…
- India
Full freedom to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi: Karnataka Edu minister
Karnataka education minister BC Nagesh has given permission to government schools statewide to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi, a Hindu festival that falls from August 31 to September 9. Speaking to reporters he said,…
- India
Katnataka: 24 students temporarily banned from classes for wearing hijab
Dakshina Kannada: Twenty-four students studying in a college in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district were on Tuesday banned for a period of seven days from attending classes for wearing hijab. The decision was taken…