Karnataka Hijab Row

Bengaluru: Two people have been arrested in connection with issuing death threats to the Special Bench judges of the Karnataka High Court who dismissed the petitions seeking permission to wear hijab inside the classrooms. While Kovai…
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court's special bench on Tuesday dismissed petitions filed by students seeking direction for permission to wear hijab in classrooms. The court said, "Wearing of hijab was not an essential part of Islam."…
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Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh): A prominent college in Aligarh issued a notice 'banning' entry of students in the campus without "prescribed uniforms" and refused entry to Muslim girls who were wearing hijab. The Shree Varshney College, on…
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Bengaluru:  The Karnataka High Court was on Wednesday informed by counsel appearing for teachers on Wednesday that the teachers of the Udupi Pre-University Girl's College have been threatened against the backdrop of hijab row. Senior…
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Tumakuru: An English lecturer working as a guest faculty has resigned from her post as she was asked to shun the hijab while teaching in Tumakuru district of Karnataka on Friday. "It is a matter of my self-respect. I can't teach without the…
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Bengaluru: Amid the hijab crisis, the Karnataka government on Wednesday reopened pre-university, degree and diploma colleges under tight security arrangements. Though the majority of students attended classes as per the guidelines of…
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Bengaluru: Amid the prevailing tension in connection with the hijab row and the case being heard in the high court, schools reopened on Monday for students of Class 9 and 10 across Karnataka. In most of the schools, the Muslim students…
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Bhopal: The hijab controversy that erupted in a pre-university college in Karnataka has now hit a college in Madhya Pradesh. As per official information, the fresh controversy over wearing hijab-burqa erupted at an Autonomous PG College…
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New Delhi: A plea was moved in the Supreme Court on Friday challenging the Karnataka High Court's interim order directing students not to insist on wearing religious attire till the matter is decided. The plea filed through advocates…
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Lucknow: The clerics at the Islamic Centre of India (ICI) will hold an interfaith conference with various religious heads to find a solution against hate being spread in the country, in the backdrop of the Hijab row in Karnataka. In a…
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