Hijab ban
- India
Parents object to Jaipur college asking Muslim students not to wear hijab
Jaipur: The family members of some Muslim students of a private college in Rajasthan’s Jaipur district raised an objection on Friday when the college administration asked the girls to attend classes in…
- India
‘Won’t take off our hijab’: Students protest at AMU over Karnataka hijab row
Students at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Friday demonstrated against the Karnataka government’s ban on hijab in educational institutions. The students, the majority of whom wore hijabs, shouted slogans and demanded the…
- India
Hijab row: Karnataka HC restrains students from wearing hijab, saffron shawls within classrooms
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court, in its interim order pending considerations of all petitions related to the Hijab row, has requested the state government to reopen educational institutions and restrained all the…
- India
Hijab row: Protesting girls’ info shared, parents lodge complaint
Mangaluru: Parents of six Muslim girl students, who are protesting for their right to wear hijab at the pre-university college in Udupi, have lodged a complaint with the police that the personal…
- India
Hijab row: Don’t spread these things to larger level, says SC
New Delhi: Chief Justice N.V. Ramana on Friday orally told the counsel of a petitioner, challenging the Karnataka High Court interim order in the Hijab matter, to think whether it is proper…
- India
Members of AISA stage protest over Karnataka hijab row; detained
New Delhi: The Left-affiliated All India Students’ Association (AISA) staged a protest outside the Karnataka Bhawan here on Thursday in solidarity with the Muslim students of the southern state over the issue…
- India
Hijab row: Protest at Shaheen Bagh in solidarity with Karnataka Muslim girls
Muslims of Shaheen Bagh took to the streets on Wednesday in a protest against the hijab diktat in government pre-university colleges in Karnataka. In the peaceful protest on the streets of Delhi,…
- 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.…
