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Bengaluru: Karnataka, which has entered election year, has been witnessing unsavoury developments threatening the law and order situation and attracting international attention for the wrong reasons. At a time when the hijab row seemed to be settling down, the ”halal” controversy has erupted across the State. Elaborate security arrangements are being put in place for […]
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Mumbai: Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu has appealed to the society to stop targeting girls, including on the issue of hijab, saying “Let them live the way they choose to.” A three-judge Bench of the Karnataka High Court recently dismissed the petitions which sought permission to wear hijab in classrooms of educational institutions saying headscarf is […]
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Senior advocate Sanjay Hedge, representing the petitioners, mentioned the plea before a bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana. Hedge said there is urgency in the matter, as several girls have to appear in exams.
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Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi disagreed with the Karnataka High Court which ruled that hijab was not an essential practice of Islam and stated that it has suspended fundamental rights to freedom of religion, culture, freedom of speech and expression. In a series of tweets on the micro-blogging site twitter Asaduddin […]
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Bengaluru: Even as the special Bench of the Karnataka High Court dismissed petitions seeking permission to wear hijab in classrooms, the six petitioner college girls, who started the protest, claimed on Tuesday that to them hijab is as important as education. They maintained that they will not shun hijab at any cost and continue their […]
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Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said that Karnataka High Court’s judgment on Hijab has suspended fundamental rights to freedom of religion, culture, freedom of speech and expression. The Hyderabad MP observed that one religion has been targetted and its religious practice banned. He said the High Court order has forced kids to choose […]
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New Delhi: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday welcomed the Karnataka High Court’s decision to uphold the Hijab ban in educational institutions and appealed to everyone to maintain peace by accepting the order of the Court. “I welcome the Court’s decision. I appeal to everyone that the state and country have to go forward, everyone […]
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed various petitions challenging a ban on Hijab in education institutions and said that wearing Hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam. A bench of Karnataka High Court comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit, and Justice JM Khazi said that no case […]
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The students have been demanding the slapping of sedition charges against the girl student and are also seeking her dismissal from the college.
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The authorities are now crossing their fingers over the turn of events on Thursday, as the sensitive issue could spread more and to other colleges as well in the state capital.
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"Opposition brought the Hijab issue into elections. This rule (for uniform) was formed in Karnataka, and people did this (row) in reply. But I think, a law should be made to ban (wearing of) hijab across the country," the BJP leader said.
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Bengaluru: At least 58 female students from a college in Karnataka’s Shivamogga district were suspended on Saturday for wearing hijab and also staging an agitation demanding that they should be allowed to attend classes. The students were from Government Pre-University College of Shiralakoppa. Although the college management, development committee tried to explain to the hijab-clad […]
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Since three years I am working in Jain PU College as a guest lecturer. In these three years I did not have any problem and I worked normally with ease.
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"We have taken a stand that wearing hijab is not an essential religious part of Islam," Advocate General of Karnataka Prabhuling Navadgi told the full bench of the High Court comprising Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice J M Khazi and Justice Krishna M Dixit.
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Hyderabad: Programmes in support of the ‘hijab’ continued at various places in the city on Monday. At Government City College, students affiliated to the National Students union of India (NSUI) staged a demonstration in support of the ‘hijab’ and denounced the harassment of the students in Karnataka. Around 100 students participated in the rally held […]
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Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has said that Muslim women must come forward to dispel misconceptions about ‘hijab’ and ‘purdah’ to counter people who are spreading hate in the name of protests against it. “My dear sisters, use this time to inform people about hijab, dispel the prejudice, express that you […]
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Hyderabad: Even as ‘hijab’ row is raging in some parts of the country, the city’s burqa market, one of the major hubs for burqa sales in the southern parts of the country, is continuing business as usual. “Hundreds of shops exclusively dealing in burqas had come up in the city in the last few years. […]
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Lucknow: A girl wearing Hijab will become the prime minister of the country one day, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said amid the controversy over Muslim women’s headscarves. “If a girl decides to wear Hijab and asks her parents to do so and when her parents allow her to wear it, who can stop her […]
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As per an order issued by City Police Commissioner Chandragupta, Prohibitory orders will be in force from February 12 (6 AM) to February 13 (10 PM). In the meantime, no protests or rallies will be allowed in the district.
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Taking to Instagram, Sonam shared a picture of a man in a turban and a woman in a hijab, and it questions why can a turban be a choice but a hijab can't.
