Hijab
- India
After hijab ban, Mumbai college bars students from wearing T-shirts, torn jeans
Mumbai: A city-based college, which has been in news for imposing a ban on hijab, has now also barred students from wearing torn jeans, T-shirts, “revealing” dresses and jerseys, or a dress…
- World
Sri Lanka withholds exam results of 70 Muslim students over hijab
The Examinations Department in Sri Lanka has withheld the exam results of 70 Muslim girls for wearing head scarf having their ears covered during the exam. The Muslim students from Zahira College,…
- India
Kolkata teacher stops going to college over wearing ‘hijab’
Kolkata: A teacher at a private law college affiliated to the University of Calcutta resigned and stopped attending classes after the institute authorities allegedly requested her to refrain from wearing a hijab…
- World
Russia allows headscarves in pasport photos
Moscow: In a significant development, the Russian government has allowed women the right to wear a headscarf or hijab in their passport photographs, the Russian Interior Ministry said. This law will be…
- Featured News
France’s hijab ban stirs up controversy; UN condemns the move
With the Paris Olympic Games around the corner, a huge controversy has broken out with regard to the dress of the participating athletes. It is learnt that France has decided to allow…
- Middle East
Iran to reintroduce ban on women from entering stadiums: Reports
Tehran: A stadium ban for women is to be reintroduced in Iran, multiple local news reports said on Wednesday. The reports said that the Iranian FA has ordered the ban to be…
- World
Hijab mugshot row: 2 Muslim women win Rs 141 cr lawsuit in New York
New York City has agreed to pay 17 million US dollars (Rs 1,41,60,49,850) to settle a lawsuit filed by two Muslim-American women who were arrested in 2017 for removing their hijabs for mug…
- India
Gujarat: Exam supervisor suspended for asking students to remove hijab
An exam supervisor was suspended in Gujarat’s Ankleshwar city of Bharuch district after he was found guilty of asking hijab-clad students to remove their headscarves during the Senior Secondary Certificate (SSC) board exam.…
- World
UK’s first hijab-clad soldier shares anecdote of struggles
Corporal Iqra Shahzadi, who created history by becoming the first hijab-wearing British soldier last year, said despite achieving her dream of becoming a soldier, she still had to face hurdles. “I had…
- India
BJP govt in Rajasthan mulls ban on hijab in govt schools after MLA stirs row
Jaipur: After banning the wearing of hijab in Karnataka government schools and colleges, the Bharatiya Janata Party-run state government in Rajasthan is preparing to bring in a similar ruling for government educational…
- Hate Crime
Jaipur: Muslim girl students protest against BJP MLA’s objection to hijab
Jaipur: Muslim girl students of a government senior secondary school in Jaipur protested on Monday, January 29, outside the Subhash Chowk police station demanding action against BJP MLA Balmukund Acharya for objecting to…
- India
Hijab-clad woman embarks on 1400-km walk to Ayodhya temple
Hyderabad: In a surprising move by a Muslim woman from Maharashtra, she has embarked on a 1,425-km walk to Ram temple in Ayodhya. Shabnam, a young hijab-clad Muslim woman from Mumbai, is…
- India
Karnataka hijab politics back on frontburner
Bengaluru: Hijab politics in Karnataka, which threatened to divide the student community on communal lines and law and order situation in the state during the BJP rule last year has come to…
- Bangalore
‘Govt raising Hijab issue to cover up its failures’: Bommai
Bengaluru: As the hijab controversy flares up in Karnataka, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai accused current CM Siddaramaiah of hiding the failures of his government as well as raising the issue for…
- India
Hijab is our right, let’s live like brothers & sisters: Karnataka student Muskan
Mandya: Reacting to the announcement of CM Siddaramaiah to lift ban on the hijab, Muskan Khan, a student from Mandya district in Karnataka who had raised the slogan of “Allah hu Akbar”…
