hijab row
- Hyderabad
Women of Hyderabad stand in support of hijabi students in Karnataka
Hyderabad: Amid the ongoing hijab controversy still raging in Karnataka, and the state high court’s refusal to grant temporary relief, several women in Hyderabad held protest in solidarity to support the Karnataka…
- India
Hijab Row: Local VHP leaders claim Karnataka CM support them
Amid the raging calls for banning the Hijab in Karnataka, a video has surfaced on social media which shows local Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajarang Dal leaders in Karnataka’s Madikeri district…
- India
BJP ‘jittery’; raking up Hijab row, UCC shows hold over electorate slipping: Salman Khurshid
By Asim Kamal New Delhi: Accusing the BJP of polarisation during assembly polls by raking up issues such as the Hijab row and the Uniform Civil Code, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid…
- India
KCR talks about hijab row, says BJP is turning Karnataka into Kashmir Valley
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhara Rao (KCR) on Saturday took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the on going Hijab row. “The Silicon valley is turning into Kashmir…
- India
Hijab not essential to Islam like turbans for Sikhs: Kerala Guv
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing hijab controversy, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Saturday said that the hijab is not an essential part of Islam in the manner say a turban was…
- Top Stories
Hijab row: Section 144 imposed around schools in Udupi till Feb 19
Mangaluru: The Udupi district administration has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC in areas around all high schools in the district from Monday till February 19. The move comes as…
- India
Hijab row: As high schools reopen tomorrow, Bommai confident about peace
Hubballi: A day ahead of high schools across the state up to class 10 that were shut in the wake of the Hijab row, reopening, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday…
- Opinions
Hindu group Chairperson Malini describes Hijab as symbol of “female subjugation”
J.S. Ifthekhar Hyderabad: The alleged oppression of women in Islam is the favourite topic of journalists and politicians. They simply love to have the world believe how oppressed creatures are the veiled…
- India
Prof Ashok Swain takes a dig at MP CM’s attire amid hijab controversy
Amidst the raging hijab controversy in the state of Karnataka, Professor Ashok Swain slammed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s double standards for allowing a minister to don an attire that represents their…
- India
Hijab row: PIL in SC seeks implementation of common dress code
New Delhi: A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday in the wake of the Karnataka ‘hijab’ row and it seeks a direction to the Centre, states and union territories…
- India
Hijab row: 2 cops suspended in Rajasthan for sharing objectionable social media post
Jaipur: A Rajasthan Police constable and an assistant sub-inspector of traffic police were suspended for allegedly posting and circulating an objectionable post on social media related to hijab, police said Saturday. Constable…
- India
Hijab row: India replies after US remarks on Hijab ban in Karnataka
In the midst of global outrage over the hijab controversy, India said today that motivated remarks on domestic problems are not acceptable. Muslim students in numerous institutions in Karnataka are requesting that…
- India
US criticizes Hijab ban in Karnataka
United States government body that monitors and reports on religious freedom throughout the world has slammed Karnataka in the midst of a controversy over Muslim students’ choice to wear hijab on campus.…
- India
Bhopal Muslim cleric appeals women to wear burqa, hijab
Bhopal: Bhopal-based Qazi Syed Mushtaq Ali Nadwi on Friday appealed all Muslim women to wear ‘burqa’ and ‘hijab’ regularly. The appeal was made during a traditional Friday’s ‘namaz’ (islamic prayer) at a mosque…
- India
UP: Muslim student claims she was thrown out of class over hijab
Adding to the woes of Muslim women, another news of hijab discrimination has emerged from Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district. In the district’s Tilakdhari College, a Muslim student clad in hijab was allegedly…
