Islamic hijab
- India
Karnataka: Beary Academy chief receives threats over hijab row
Mangaluru: President of Karnataka Beary Sahithya Academy, Rahim Uchil who supported the stance of the state government on the row over wearing of ‘hijab’ (scarf) to colleges received a threatening call from…
- Bangalore
K’taka Hijab row: Muslim students defy govt order to shun’hijab’
Bengaluru: Despite the Karnataka government forming a high-level committee to decide on the “hijab” row and uniform code, the stalemate continued in the state with Muslim students refusing to attend classes without…
- World
Headscarf debate sparks in Belgium after civil servant resigns over discrimination
Brussels: A political debate over the Islamic headscarves erupted in Belgium after a female government employee resigned on Friday over discrimination and online harassment. Ihsane Haouach (36), a Belgian-Moroccan, who resigned from…