Karnataka Hijab Row
- India
Karnataka education minister justifies boycott of Muslim traders
Karnataka Secondary and Higher Education minister BC Nagesh on Wednesday justified the anti-Muslim posters put up in Shivamogga. The posters encouraged the prohibition of Muslim traders from setting up shops at an…
- Opinions
Opinion: The Karnataka HC’s Hijab ruling shows a larger design
By Maleeha Fatima Hyderabad: It is indeed tempting to label the Karnataka high court’s ruling that favored a ban on the Hijab, imposed by colleges in Karnataka, as an unlawful act or…
- India
Hijab ban: US House Foreign Affairs Committee chairperson calls Karnataka HC’s verdict disappointing
Washington: The US House Foreign Affairs Committee chairperson Gregory Meeks on Thursday expressed his disappointment over the Karnataka High Court’s verdict on wearing Hijab in educational institutions saying that the decision will…
- India
‘Hijab is our dignity’ graffiti surfaces in Karnataka, removed by officials
Ballari: A day after the Karnataka High Court dismissed a batch of petitions from some Muslim girls seeking permission to wear hijab inside classrooms, graffiti surfaced in a few government education institutions…
- India
Karnataka HC’s verdict to uphold hijab ban is deplorable: IAMC
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, today strongly and unequivocally condemned the Karnataka High Court’s verdict to uphold the discriminatory ban…
- India
Hijab verdict will adversely impact religious freedom, girls’ education: Jamiat
New Delhi: Prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Tuesday expressed deep disappointment over the Karnataka High Court’s decision of upholding the ban against hijab in educational institutions in the state, and said…