Hijab
- India
Student’s kin threaten Bihar school for ordering removal of hijabs inside classrooms
Sheikhpura: A government school in Bihar has received threats from family members of female students who were asked by teachers to take off their “hijab” inside classrooms, an official said on Saturday.…
- Middle East
Iranian teen dies after alleged assault over hijab on metro
Tehran: A 16-year-old Iranian girl, Armita Geravand who was hospitalised and was in coma for weeks after an incident on Tehran’s Metro while she was not wearing a headscaf has died, Iran’s…
- India
‘Can’t infringe on rights of people’: Karnataka minister says hijab allowed in exams
The Karnataka Examination Authority will now allow candidates wearing hijab (headscarf) to appear for recruitment-related examinations. The decision was announced by higher education minister MC Sudhakar on Saturday, October 21. Also ReadKarnataka…
- Kashmir
Teacher booked for tearing student’s hijab in J&K’s Bandipora district
Srinagar: A teacher was booked on Tuesday for allegedly tearing the hijab of a student in Jammu & Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Official sources said that a female student lodged a police complaint…
- Entertainment
When Sana Khan slammed a troll for mocking her ‘Hijab’
Mumbai: Former actress Sana Khan is currently cherishing her new journey into motherhood. Sana and her husband Mufti Anas Saiyad welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Saiyad Tariq, in July…
- Middle East
16-yr-old Iranian girl in coma after ‘assault’ by morality police
Tehran: A 16-year-old Iranian schoolgirl is reported to be in a coma at Fajr Hospital after being assaulted by morality police officers on the Tehran subway. According to Iranwire and Hengaw Organization for Human…
- India
Asian Games: Mumbai’s hijab-clad woman named ‘Officiating Referee’ for Karate
Mumbai: The hijab-clad Karate maestro Shaheen Akhtar, 52, barely looks what she is — a 4-time National Champion in Karate, chopping her way surgically in all top events worldwide, is now appointed…
- World
English artist’s sculpture to honour hijab-clad women in UK
A one-of-a-kind steel sculpture, celebrating women who wear the hijab, will be installed in the UK next month. The sculpture has been named ‘Strength of the Hijab.’ Weighing one-ton and standing 16-foot-tall,…
- Middle East
‘Hijab Bill’ passed in Iran, women to face 10 yrs in prison for violation
Tehran: Iranian lawmakers on Wednesday, September 20, passed a bill toughening penalties for women violating dress code, Iranian media reported. The ‘Support for the Culture of Hijab and Chastity’ bill has been approved…
- India
Tamil Nadu: Woman ordered to remove hijab before taking Hindi exam
A Muslim woman was allegedly stopped from taking an examination after she refused to take her hijab off at the Annamalai Matriculation Higher Secondary School, located near Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu. Shabana who…
- Middle East
Iran forces women defying hijab laws into psychiatric treatment
Tehran: Iran’s government are sending women for counselling in an effort to enforce regulations requiring them to cover their hair. Healthcare organisations have warned that the country’s judiciary is appropriating mental medicine…
- Middle East
Iran sentences woman for ‘hijab violation’ after tracking her via CCTV
Tehran: The Iranian authorities have sentenced a woman to prison for violating the hijab after being tracked via a ‘smart’ CCTV camera. According to the Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) organization…
- Kerala
Kerala: Authorities to decide on allowing hijab in operation theatres
Thiruvananthapuram: The Thiruvananthapuram Medical College authorities on Wednesday held a meeting to decide if permission will be given for wearing attire covering their heads while in operation theatre. The Thiruvananthapuram Medical College…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Case against school for not allowing hijab
Hyderabad: A case is booked against the management of a private school at Hayathnagar after the principal and teachers allegedly asked two Class 10 girl students not to wear hijab in classroom.…
- India
MP school ‘hijab’ row: 3 BJP workers booked for ink attack on edu officer
Damoh: Police have registered a case against three BJP functionaries after they allegedly threw ink on the district education officer (DEO) of Damoh in Madhya Pradesh while accusing him of favouring a…
