Saturday, April 20, 2024

Topic: Muslim Women

Photos: Muslim women take to Kerala’s streets warning “hands off my hijab”

Hundreds marched through the Kozhikode beach in Kerala on Sunday to protest against the hijab ban in Karntaka's educational institutions.

One day, a hijab wearing woman will become Prime Minister: Asaduddin Owaisi

AIMIM supremo and MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday declared that a girl wearing a hijab would be the Prime Minister of India one day.

“Motivated comments not welcome,” India says as US, Pakistan wade in Hijab row

After the United States and Pakistan waded in the Karnataka hijab row, India's ministry of external affairs on Saturday said that "motivated comments on our internal issues are not welcome."

When gates were shut; Exclusion of Muslim students in Karnataka

The antagonism to the hijab has been expressed by the saffron shawl agitators, college authorities, the order of the Karnataka government, and also the High Court; it is pertinent to note that despite the difference in their vocabularies, there is a common thrust of Islamophobia in all.

“For few days we cannot be asked to suspend our faith,” Muslim students after HC’s ‘no religious dress till order’ direction

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed students not to wear "religious clothes" till an order is passed on the matter of whether students should be allowed to cover their heads in hijabs in educational institutions.

College leaked our addresses, mobile numbers: Protesting Muslim girls in Udupi

Muslim girls of Udupi’s Government Pre-University College for Girls, who have been protesting against hijab ban in the campus, alleged that their addresses and mobile numbers were leaked from the college.