Hijab ban
- Hyderabad
Hijab row: Hyderabad protests in solidarity with Karnataka Muslim students
Hyderabad: Protests erupted across Hyderabad on Wednesday over the Karnataka hijab row as women in several parts of the city hit the streets to show solidarity with the college students of the…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Saidabad women hold protest against Karnataka hijab ban
Hyderabad: Denouncing the Hijab ban in Karnataka, several women held a protest prayer meeting “Qunoot-E-Naazilah”, in Saidabad on Wednesday. Qunoot-E-Naazilah is a supplication, which is recited whenever the Muslim community find themselves afflicted…
- India
Maharashtra: AIMIM activists put up banners supporting hijab
Aurangabad: AIMIM activists put up banners in Maharashtra’s Beed city in support of ‘hijab’ for female Muslim students and said the Indian Constitution gives the right to citizens to follow their religious…
- World
Indian leaders must stop marginalisation of Muslim women: Malala Yousafzai
New Delhi: Speaking about the ongoing hijab row in India, Nobel laureate and education rights activist Malala Yousafzai has said that the “objectification of women — for wearing less or more —…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Anwar ul Uloom students protest Karnataka’s hijab ban
Hyderabad: Students of Anwar-ul-Uloom college in Mallepally staged a protest, on Wednesday, against the hijab ban at various government pre-university colleges in Karnataka. The students called for an impromptu protest outside the…
- India
Karnataka hijab row: Stop harassing women, says Priyanka Gandhi
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday came out in support of the girls protesting in favour of hijab saying it’s women’s…
- India
Ban on hijab violation of constitutional rights: Ajmer dargah head
Jaipur: Ajmer dargah spiritual head Zainul Abedin Ali Khan on Monday said wearing a hijab or headscarf is a religious and constitutional right of Muslim women, and there should not be any…
- India
Video: Hijabi student chants Allahu Akbar as saffron-clad bullies heckle her
As the hijab row escalated in Karnataka, on Tuesday, videos of a Hijabi student being heckled by a group of saffron-clad students chanting slogans of “Jai Shree Ram” surfaced on social media.…
- Bangalore
Hijab row: All eyes on Karnataka High Court ruling today
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court will on Tuesday take up the hearing of petitions, filed by students of the Government Pre-University College for Girls, Udupi, demanding permission to attend classes wearing hijab.…
- India
Majlis-e-Ulama-e-Hind condemns ban on hijab
Lucknow: The Majlis-e-Ulama-e-Hind (MuH), a national body of clerics, has condemned the Karnataka government’s decision to ban hijabs in educational institutions. In a statement, MuH general secretary Maulana Kalbe Jawad and other clerics…
- Top Stories
Women in Hyderabad protest against Hijab ban in Karnataka
Hyderabad: The members of Girls Islamic Organization, Telangana (GIO) on Sunday staged a protest against the ongoing controversy in Karnataka over wearing Hijab by girls and conditions for entry into educational institutions.…
- Bangalore
Hijab row: Karnataka High Court to hear students’ plea on Feb 8
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court will take up the petitions filed by students of the Government Pre-University College for Girls, Udupi, demanding permission to attend classes while wearing ‘hijab’, on February 8.…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Students to attend classes with hijab defying govt order
Udupi: Karnataka hijab row is likely to continue as the students have decided to attend the classes wearing a veil despite the state government banning it on the college campus. The issue…
- India
Karnataka: Hijab-clad students prevented from attending classes
Muslim students of the Government PU college for girls in Udupi are missing out on attendance and classes as the school reportedly imposed a ban on the hijab, early in January. The…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Government college bans Hijab, use of Urdu language
Karnataka: The Government PU college for girls in Udupi, has banned the Hijab, the use of Urdu language, and the greeting Salaam. Students stood outside classrooms in protest of the college’s decision.…
