Topic: Muslim Women
Following protest against hijab ban, Mysuru college cancels “uniform rule,” allows Muslim students
At a time when several government and private schools and colleges in Karnataka are following Islamophobic move of BJP government to ban hijab in educational institutions, an educational institute in Mysuru is taking a different approach.
‘If you have committed crime, face it”: Supreme Court to Sulli Deals app accused
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea seeking urgent listing of petitions seeking clubbing of various FIRs across the country in connection with offences related to the Sulli Deals app in which scores of Muslim women were put on "sale" by right-wing Hindus.
FIR against 15 Muslim girls protesting hijab ban in Karnataka
Karnataka police registered cases against 15 Muslim girls of a government pre-university college in Tumakuru on charges of violating the prohibitory orders imposed under Section 144 of IPC.
Hijab ban: Over 500 lawyers affirm “unconditional support” to Muslim students
On Tuesday, over 500 lawyers, law students, and other legal professionals have strongly condemned "the violation of constitutional rights of young Muslim women who have been denied entry into educational spaces due to their wearing a hijab” in an open letter with total 765 signatories.
Persistent inequality against Muslim women; How to break this vicious circle?
System wide intervention to uncover the true cause of disparity is required to break this vicious circle and help overcome this persistent inequality against Muslim Women in India.
Principal made us choose between hijab and exam: Muslim students in Karnataka
As schools till Standard X reopened across Karnataka on Monday, thirteen Muslim girls of KPC school were denied exams and sent back home in Shimoga. The girls had come to attend the pre-board examination of Secondary School Leaving Certificate.
