Topic: Hijab ban
Karnataka High Court upholds hijab ban
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday upheld the state government order effectively banning the wearing of hijab by Muslim girl students in educational institutions in Karnataka.
Karnataka Police books Rana Ayyub over remarks on students who intimidated Muslim girls
The Karnataka Police in Dharwad have registered an FIR against journalist and author Rana Ayyub for allegedly describing students and others who have been harassing and intimidating hijab wearing Muslim students in Karnataka as "Hindu terrorists" during a television interview.
Muslims in India face imminent threat of genocide: Experts at global summit on genocide
India’s 200 million Muslims are facing a dire and existential threat following genocidal calls given by powerful non-state actors closely linked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu supremacist government
Karnataka HC reserves order on pleas against hijab ban after 11 days of hearing
Karnataka High Court on Friday reserved its order on various petitions challenging the ban on hijab in education institutions after hearing the matter for 11 days.
“We stand by Muslim girls” wearing hijab, says father of Sikh girl who was asked to remove turban
"We also stand by those Muslim girls/women who wants to cover their head with Scarf/Dupatta as a part of their faith and request authorities to allow them to do so as it was already practiced in our country and it does not cause any trouble to other people," Singh further asserted.
“Get lost”; Our principal shouted at us
Lamis is a student of Bachelors in General Psychology in Bhandarskers' Arts and Science College, Kundapura, a town in southern Karnataka. Lamis was one of the toppers in Kundapura, with many colleges ready to accept her. But she choose Bhandarskar, as they safeguarded her right to wear headscarves to classes. Until a group of students wearing saffron shawls showed up outside her college in the first week of February.
