Since 2004, France has banned 'ostentatious' symbols with clear religious meaning in schools, such as a Christian cross, Jewish skullcap, or a Muslim scarf.
In December 2021, six young women of the Government Pre-University (PU) College for Girls in Udupi, Karnataka, were barred from sitting for their examinations because they had refused to remove their hijabs as per the state...
Kaneez Fatima of Congress had said they were 'ready to go to any extent to protect our rights to wear our traditional attire' during last year's hijab protests.
A list of debatable laws that are said to be anti-Muslim
Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday said the orders and legislations enforced under the previous BJP regime like school textbook revision and anti-conversion laws, which are against the state's interest, would be...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress are not highlighting the hijab issues in their Karnataka election campaigns. If any party is secretly turning hijab into a campaign issue, it is the Social Democratic Party of...
While the Opposition said that the incident was the latest act after the abrogation of the Article 370 to humiliate the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the school management said that the facts had been misinterpreted and that...
On International Women’s Day, many Muslim students are awaiting a decision by the Supreme Court in response to a plea seeking permission to sit for exams that are beginning on March 9 (from tomorrow), while wearing...
Outlook spoke to women’s rights activist Zakia Soman, one of the founding members of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, about how the hijab ban impacts Muslim...
Artists in Iran and the world, for Mahsa Amini and for themselves, have fought for asserting their identity, in religion and as women, by using art as a tool
Since the death of Mahsa Amini in the hands of the Moral Police, more than 200 protestors have been killed for voicing against the imposition of Hijab rules.
On Thursday, a two judge bench of the apex court delivered a split verdict on the Hijab row in Karnataka. The matter will now be referred for further hearings...
He said the court was seized of the controversy and two judges of the apex court have given their verdict. He would give his reaction only after going through...
“Different judgments have come. We were expecting that there would a unanimous decision in favour of the Karnataka Muslim girls who are going to schools...
As per the convention, the Chief Justice of India will now form a three-judge bench that is going to hear and examine the case afresh.
In view of the split verdict, the bench directed that the appeals against the high court verdict be placed before the Chief Justice of India for constituting...
During the hearing of petitions against the Karnataka hijab ban in classes, the state said every religious activity is not essential practice.
A senior advocate told the Supreme Court on Monday that the hijab is the 'identity'' of Muslims, saying the Karnataka authorities had marginalised the minority...
The Supreme Court has been hearing a batch of 23 petitions challenging the ban on hijab in Karnataka. In Thursday's hearing, senior Counsel Colins Gonsalves...
Karnataka High Court verdict refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions of the state.
Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has been pushing for a ban on hijab in France.
The Minister's comment came as a section of Muslims had called for a statewide bandh against the Karnataka High Court verdict on hijab.
The Karnataka High Court on March 15 had dismissed petitions seeking permission to wear hijab inside the classroom, saying the headscarf is not a part of the...
Those who want to attend college have to abide by the uniform dress code, the Minister said. He said the rule must be strictly followed.
He appealed to every section of the Muslim community will have to participate in the bandh.
