hijab row
- India
Maharashtra college principal alleges harassment over hijab, resigns
A hijab-wearing Muslim woman, the principal of a law college in Maharashtra resigned from her post following harassment for wearing a hijab on the campus. Dr Battull Hammid a hijab-wearing Dawoodi Bohra…
- India
Karnataka: Y-category security for HC judges who gave hijab verdict
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has decided to beef up security for the High Court Judges who are part of the Special Bench that ruled against the plea for allowing Muslim girl students…
- India
Hijab ban: Karate champion Aliya Assadi says ‘not treated with dignity’
One among the six Muslim students, Aliya Assadi, whose petition demanding headscarves to be allowed in educational institutions, was dismissed by the Karnataka high court on Tuesday, stated that the Hijabi Muslims…
- 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: Statewide bandh today in Karnataka against HC verdict
Muslim organisations in Karnataka announced a ‘bandh’ in the state on Thursday, March 17, to register their protest against the verdict of the state’s high court on the hijab row, following which…
- 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
‘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
Hijab ban: Muslims shut shops, girls protest against Karnataka HC judgment
Following the verdict of the Karnataka high court over the hijab row, a number of protests by Muslims have broken out across the state against the “unconstitutional” judgment. The HC on Tuesday…
- 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…
- Telangana
What has government to do with people’s dress: KCR on Hijab
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has said that religious intolerance has increased in the country during the past few years. “The situation is going from bad to worse.” Speaking in…
- India
Karnataka HC misinformed on hijab ‘essentiality’: SIO
Following the high court’s judgment on the hijab row, the Students Islamic Organisation (SIO) of India expressed that the ban on hijab within educational institutions is highly problematic and distressing. In a…
- 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…
- India
Karnataka High Court verdict on hijab unconstitutional: CFI
Bengaluru: Campus Front of India (CFI) President Ataulla Punjalakatte on Friday termed the Karnataka High Court’s dismissal of pro-hijab petitions as “against” the Constitution. Rejecting the court’s verdict, Punjalakatte said: “We will…
- India
Hijab row: Will fight the high court’s judgment, say students
After the Karnataka high court dismissed the hijab row petition put forth by the female Muslim petitioners from Udupi, hijab-clad students on Tuesday said that they will not go to college without…
- India
Hijab ban: Hundreds of Muslim girls to miss crucial exams following HC’s judgment
The Karnataka high court on Wednesday passed its judgement over the hijab row upholding the ban on hijab putting at stake the future of over 230 hijabi Muslim girls, who choose to…
