‘hijab’ row

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Courts Not Equipped To Decide Essentiality Of Hijab: Petitioners To SC

Petitioners on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that according to their religious text, wearing of hijab was 'farz' (duty) and…

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Gender Apartheid & Its Wide, Innocuous Sway

Apartheid may have ended a few decades ago but its sinister ideological kin gender apartheid continues to prevail and cause…

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“Don’t Know Him”: K’taka Student’s Father On Al Zawahiri’s Comments

Distancing himself from the video statement released by Al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al Zawahiri, praising Karnataka college student Muskan Khan for…

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Hijab Row: 40 Girls Abstain From Exams

Forty Muslim girl students from Udupi district of Karnataka abstained from appearing for the first pre-university examination on Tuesday as…

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‘Hijab Is Essential Part Of Islam’: Scholars

Islamic scholars on Tuesday disagreed with the Karnataka High Court's decision not to recognise the wearing of the hijab as…

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Not Part Of Islamic Faith: K’taka HC Dismisses Hijab Pleas

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed petitions filed by a section of Muslim students from the Government Pre-University Girls'…

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Hijab Row: Karnataka HC Hijab Ruling Today

The full bench of the Karnataka High Court, which concluded its hearing in the hijab case, is likely to pronounce…

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Mob Attacked Brother: Hijab Case Petitioner

One of the petitioners in the hijab case in the Karnataka High Court, Hazra Shifa, has alleged that a mob…

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HM Shah Says He Prefers School Uniforms

India's home minister has said he favoured students wearing uniforms in school rather than any religious attire, but that his…

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Hijab Row: Critics Say BJP Looking For Votes

A series of religious laws promoted by India's ruling Hindu nationalist party in the southern state of Karnataka, including a…

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‘Wear Hijab In Madrassas And At Home, Not In Schools, Colleges’

In shocking comments, amid a row over the hijab in Karnataka, BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur on Wednesday said headscarves…

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Girl Boycotts Exam After Being Asked To Abide By HC Order On Hijab

The hijab row continued to simmer in Karnataka on Tuesday over alleged denial of entry for girl students into schools…

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Hijab Row Reaches India’s Most Populous State

A dispute over restrictions on the wearing of the hijab by female students in a southern Indian state has now…

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Hijab Row: Some Schools Reopen In Karnataka

Some schools reopened in the state of Karnataka on Monday after closing last week when protests erupted over students being…

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Muslim Students: Hijab Ban Forces Choice Of Religion Or Education

Ayesha Imthiaz, a devout Indian Muslim who considers wearing a hijab an expression of devotion to the Prophet Mohammad, says…

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‘Hijab’ Row: A Piece Of Cloth, A Gaping Rift

Article 25 of the Constitution Of India grants to its citizens the "Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and…

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Stop Harassing Women Over What They Wear, Says Priyanka

Whether it is a bikini, a 'ghoonghat', a pair of jeans or a 'hijab', it is a woman's right to…

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Rahul Comes Out In Support Of ‘Hijab’-Wearing Students

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the country is robbing the future of its daughters by letting the 'hijab'…

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Girls Wearing ‘Hijab’ Denied Entry Into College

Showing no signs of abating, the 'hijab' row in Karnataka has spread to more colleges as girl students wearing the…

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