Every citizen of country should respect religious sentiments of others and hold the Constitution supreme: J&K LG Manoj Sinha on hijab row
Amid hijab row, Cong MLA supports uniform in schools, colleges
With the Congress party supporting Muslim girls insistence to wearhijabin educational institutions in Karnataka, a party lawmaker here has favoured wearing only uniform in schools and colleges. In a Facebook post in Hindi, Congress MLA Vikramaditya Singh of the Shimla (Rural) assembly seat said that one should wear only the uniform of that educational institute while going there.
AIMIM workers detained to thwart pro-hijab rally, protests
Several All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) functionaries were detained in different cities of Gujarat on Saturday to thwart protests against some educational institutions in the southern state of Karnataka not allowing students to attend classes wearing thehijab
Hijab row: Parents protest use of language in Bengaluru school notice board
Tension prevailed at a private school here on Saturday after parents and students protested the use of alleged derogatory language by the management on its notice board, in connection with wearing Hijab in classrooms.
People gathered outside Vidyasagar English Public School in Chandra Layout this morning as they were irked at the language used in the message posted on the notice board.
Hijab row not controversy but conspiracy, alleges Kerala Governor
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Saturday termed the ongoing hijab row as a "conspiracy" and said it was not a question of choice but whether a person would follow the regulations, dress code of an institution or not.
Responding to the raging issue in neighbouring Karnataka, he told reporters in New Delhi that "please don't take this as controversy...this is a conspiracy."
Hijab or no hijab: A fundamental question
On February 5, the Karnataka government, passed an order in exercise of its powers under Section 133 of the Karnataka Education Act, 1983, inter-alia directing that in colleges that come under the pre-university education department's jurisdiction, the uniforms mandated by the College Development Committee, or the board of management, should be worn and in the event, the management does mandate a uniform, students should wear clothes that are in the interests of unity, equality, and public order.
Udupi BJP MLA says he gets threat calls
Udupi BJP MLA K Raghupathi Bhat has said he has been receiving threat calls from unidentified persons after thehijabissue turned into a major controversy. Bhat, who is the president of the development committee of the pre-university college for women in Udupi where thehijabissue originated in Karnataka, told reporters in Udupi on Friday that most of the calls received by him were internet calls from foreign countries.
Amid hijab row, plea in SC seeks direction to Centre, states to implement common dress code
Amid the ongoinghijabrow, a plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre and states to implement a "common dress code" in registered and state recognised educational institutions in order to secure social equality, assure dignity and promote national integration.
The plea filed by Nikhil Upadhyay, a resident of Ghaziabad, said that the role of universal education for strengthening the social fabric of democracy through provisions of equal opportunity to all has been accepted since the inception of our republic.
Two cops suspended over objectionable hijab posts
A Rajasthan Police constable and an assistant sub-inspector of traffic police were suspended for allegedly posting and circulating an objectionable post on social media related to hijab, the police said Saturday.
Constable Ramesh, posted at Jawahar Circle police station, shared the objectionable post and ASI Satveer Singh of traffic police forwarded it to others, they said. They were suspended for their misconduct, a senior officer said.
Muslim students say hijab ban forces choice of religion or education
Ayesha Imthiaz, a devout Indian Muslim who considers wearing a hijab an expression of devotion to the Prophet Mohammad, says a move by her college to expel hijab-wearing girls is an insult that will force her to chose between religion and education.
"The humiliation of being asked to leave my classroom for wearing a head scarf by college officials has shaken my core belief," said the 21-year-old student from southern Karnataka's Udupi district, where protests over the head covering ban began.
"My religion has been questioned and insulted by a place which I had considered as a temple of education," she said.
A day after high court's interim order, hijab row enters Bengaluru
A day after Karnataka High Court interim order restrained students from wearing religious symbols inside the classroom, tension gripped Chandra Layout in South Bengaluru on Saturday morning after authorities at a private school asked a student to remove the hijab.
Sources in the West Division of Bengaluru Police toldDHthat the incident took place at the Vidya Sagar School in Bengaluru when a student of class 7 was asked to remove her hijab by the school teacher. Agitated by the teacher’s action, parents and relatives of the student stormed the school, accusing the school management of causing a rift among the students.
Hijab row: 'Motivated comments' by US, others not welcome, says India
A day after theUnited Stateswaded into the controversy over ban onHijabs in theschools in Karnataka,India said thatthe“motivated comments” on its “internal issues” were not welcome.
New Delhiapparentlyreacted to a tweet byRashad Hussain, theUS Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.Hussainhadarguedin the tweetthat theban on Hijabinschools inKarnatakahad violated religious freedom.
A day after high court's interim order, hijab row enters Bengaluru
A day after Karnataka High Court interim order restrained students from wearing religious symbols inside the classroom, tension gripped Chandra Layout in South Bengaluru on Saturday morning after authorities at a private school asked a student to remove the hijab.
Police hold flag marches in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi districts
Police held flag marches across Dakshina Kannada and Udupi as part of preventive measures in the wake of thehijabcontroversy. The flag marches were held on Friday evening at Puttur and Surathkal in the Dakshina Kannada district. The 97th Battalion Rapid Action Force (RAF) who handle law and order issues took part in the march with 130 personnel, Deputy Commissioner of Police Hariram Shankar said.
Flag marches were held in Udupi, Kaup, Kundapur, Karkala, Padubidri, Brahmavar, Byndoor and Shirva.
US says ban on hijab violates religious freedom
The United States on Friday said that the ban on wearing Hijabs in the schools in Karnataka violated religious freedom.“Religious freedom includes the ability to choose one's religious attire,” Rashad Hussain, the US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, tweeted. “The Indian state of Karnataka should not determine permissibility of religious clothing. Hijab bans in schools violate religious freedom and stigmatize and marginalize women and girls.”
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Hijab wasn't an issue when uniforms were introduced in Karnataka: Former minister M Raghupathy
As the debate on whether hijab should be part of school or college uniform rages, former Karnataka education ministerM Raghupathy has said that when uniforms were introducedin the 1980s, theRamakrishna Hegde-led government had decided to allow Muslim students to wear a headscarf, a move the BJP had supported.
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Hijab row: Decision on Karnataka colleges likely next week
The state government is likely to reopen pre-university and degree colleges sometime next week depending on how the law and order situation unfolds when high schools resume classes from Monday under the shadow of the polarising hijab controversy.
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SFI holds protest outside Karnataka Bhawan over hijab row, 37 students detained
The Students' Federation of India (SFI) on Friday protested outside the Karnataka Bhawan here to express solidarity with Muslim students amid the ongoinghijabcontroversy.
SFI secretary Yashita Singh said she, along with several other activists, was detained during the protest. "We were carrying out a peaceful protest but were detained by police. Several others were picked on their way to the protest site," Singh said.
Hijab row: Karnataka govt extends closure of degree colleges till Feb 16
Holiday announced to universities belonging to the Department of Higher Education and colleges under the Department of Collegiate and Technical Education (DCTE), in the wake of the Hijab row, has been extended till February 16, the Karnataka government said on Friday.
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What courts have said on religious attire in schools/colleges
Here is a look at the controversy and other rulings related to religious attire in educational institutions. In the most recent development in Karnataka's hijab controversy, the full bench of the Karnataka High Court said in an interim order that no religious garments must be permitted on campuses until the court reaches a verdict.
AMU students march on campus against ban on wearing hijab in Karnataka colleges
A large number of AMU students including girls held a protest march on the campus here on Friday in support of Muslim girls’ agitation in Karnataka against the ban on wearing hijab in colleges there.
Carrying posters and raising slogans, the protestors marched from Babey Sir Syed Gate within the campus to the Centenary Gate near Purani Chungi crossing at the periphery of the campus. They also issued a written statement describing the ban on hijab as an assault on their Fundamental Right to practice their religion as enshrined in the Constitution of India.
SFI holds protest outside Karnataka Bhawan over hijab row, 37 students detained
The Students' Federation of India (SFI) on Friday protested outside the Karnataka Bhawan here to express solidarity with the Muslim students amid the ongoing hijab controversy.
In a statement, the SFI said the protest was called against the alleged continued attacks on girls’ education in the country.
Dozens of students who took part in the protest were detained by Delhi Police.
SFI secretary Yashita Singh said she, along with several other activists, was detained during the protest.
"We were carrying out a peaceful protest but were detained by police. Several others were picked on their way to the protest site," Singh said.