'Hijab mentioned 7 times in Quran, but...': Mohammad Arif Khan on Karnataka HC verdict
India | March 15, 2022 16:19 ISTKarnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister BC Nagesh welcomed the order and described it as "landmark."
Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister BC Nagesh welcomed the order and described it as "landmark."
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti has termed Karnataka High Court's decision on hijab as disappointing. "Women were being denied their rights. Mehbooba said that it is not a matter of religion, it is a matter of freedom," she said.
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has said that he disagrees with Karnataka High Court's judgement that bans wearing Hijab by Muslim students inside the classroom.
Teachers told me not to come to the class wearing this scarf. Don't be like your mother, and don't come to school wearing a scarf. There were two-three other girls who were asked to remove their headscarves, the girl, who is wearing a hijab, says in the video in Hindi.
The row over hijab has been raging for over a month now. The controversy flared up when six students of a state government-run pre-university college in Udupi, who were wearing the hijab, were asked to leave the campus last month. The matter then snowballed into a major issue.
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The complaint has been lodged against one Mohammad Tousif, who has issued a life threat on social media. "You won't live any longer," the accused threatened.
Although the college management, development committee tried to explain to the hijab-clad students the interim order of the High Court, they did not listen and pressed for wearing of hijab, according to the principal. Hence, they were suspended from the college temporarily.
The hijab row which started last month in Udupi Pre-University College by six girl students has snowballed into a major controversy in the country.
The Principal of Empress College of Tumakuru lodged a complaint with Tumakuru City Police against 15 to 20 students for violating prohibitory orders in the last 2-days.
The directives come 2-days after a group of students wearing saffron scarves held a protest in the campus, demanding ban of 'hijab' in the college premises.
The order comes amid simmering tension in the schools and colleges over minority girls with Burqa and Hijab being denied entry in the schools and colleges, following last week's High Court order.
The row over Hijab started when a few students of a government pre-university college in Udupi, attending classes in headscarves, were asked to leave the campus. The matter then spread to different parts of the state, with other community students responding by wearing saffron scarves.
The ruling BJP had on Tuesday tweeted that five of the students involved in the Hijab case are minor and sought to blame Congress for the controversy. The tweet revealed personal details like the names and addresses of the girls.
The hijab row which started last month in Udupi Pre-University College by six girl students has snowballed into a major controversy in the country.
Asaduddin Owaisi directly blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party for the ongoing controversy over Hijab.
The hijab row which started last month in Udupi Pre-University College by six girl students has snowballed into a major controversy in the country.
The hijab controversy that first erupted in Karnataka has now spread across the country. The issue has also reached Uttar Pradesh where assebly elections are being held. Addressing a rally in Kanpur on Monday (February 14, 2022), PM Mod said 'Muslim women were backing BJP'. On the other hand, UP CM Yogi Adityanath said that India will run as per the Constitution not Shariat.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi dragged the hijab controversy to Uttar Pradesh elections and made 'one day a ‘hijabi’ will become the Prime Minister of India' remark. While addressing a public rally in Uttar Pradesh, the AIMIM chief gave this controversial statement. Watch Kurukshetra why so much politics is involved over the hijab controversy.
AIMIM Supremo Asaduddin Owaisi spoke exclusively with India TV on the ongoing hijab controversy. Watch the exclusive interview with Saurav Sharma.
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