Muslim girls
- India
Terror body from Hyderabad trained Hijab case petitioners: BJP leader
Udupi: Senior BJP leader and vice-president of Udupi Government Pre-University College Development Committee Yashpal Suvarna has called the girls who approached the Karnataka High Court demanding hijab-wearing on the college campus as anti-nationals…
- India
Karnataka CM Bommai says hijab issue settled, students should focus on studies
Bengaluru: After the Karnataka High Court upheld the ban on wearing Hijab in educational institutions, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday urged the students to focus on education, saying “it is a…
- India
Hijab row: Will try to win hearts of “misguided” Muslim girl students: Edu Minister
Bengaluru: With the Karnataka High Court upholding the state government’s decision on restrictions on hijab inside classrooms, the Primary and Secondary Education Minister B C Nagesh on Tuesday said we will try…
- India
Karnataka HC dismisses pleas to wear Hijab in classrooms, says headscarf not a part of Islamic faith
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed petitions filed by a section of Muslim students from the Government Pre-University Girls College in Udupi, seeking permission to wear Hijab inside the classroom.…
- India
Hijab row: Fundamental rights can’t be curbed for public order, say petitioners
Bengaluru: The government can’t restrict fundamental rights in the garb of maintaining public order, the counsel for the girl students seeking permission to wear the hijab told the Karnataka High Court on…
- India
Hijab row: 13 Muslim girls boycott exam in K’taka district, majority attend
Bengaluru: Even as the majority of Muslim students in Karnataka on Monday attended classes without wearing hijab as per the High Court’s interim order, 13 students from the Government High School in…
- India
Hijab row: Calm prevails in educational institutions following 3-day holiday
Bengaluru: Calm prevailed on Wednesday in the educational institutions which witnessed tense moments over the Hijab row earlier, as the Karnataka government had ordered closure of all high schools and colleges in…
- India
Hijab row: We have already given them Pakistan on the basis of religion, says BJP MLA
Bengaluru: Amid row over wearing Hijab in classrooms in some colleges in Karnataka, the BJP state chief Nalin Kumar Kateel said the state government will not allow ‘Talibanisation’. “There is no scope…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad women condemn hijab ban in Karnataka college
By Pervez Bari Hyderabad: Muslim girls and women of Hyderabad have vehemently condemned the Udipi College administration in Karnataka state which is not allowing Muslim girl students to attend classes because of…
- 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…
- India
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind appeals to non-Muslims not to send girls to co-ed schools
New Delhi: The President of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH), Arshad Madani, has appealed to all non-Muslims not to send their daughters to co-educational schools to save them from ‘obscenity, while emphasising on schooling…
- World
French senate votes to ban hijab for Muslim girls below 18 yrs
Less than a month after voters in Switzerland supported a ban on burqa and the niqab, the French Senate on March 30th voted to ban the hijab (the headscarf that Muslim women wear)…
