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Hijab protests: Iranian women publicly remove veils to raise their voices

For months, protests against the hijab have been gaining traction in Iran. Human rights foundations had urged women to use '#No2Hijab' on social media, along with the videos

Udupi students who had challenged hijab ban return without writing exam

The students insisted that they should be allowed to write the exam wearing hijab but the college authorities citing the High Court order denied them entry

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Hijab judgment raises more questions

Hijab not an essential practice of Islam, rules Karnataka High Court

Bench upholds ban on headscarf in classrooms; plea in SC against HC verdict

Amid Hijab row, VP Naidu says students should be guided by school uniform

"Unnecessary controversies should not be encouraged like the controversy going on in Karnataka. In a school, you are all guided by the school uniform, whatever uniform it is," said Naidu

Hijab-clad students asked to leave college premises by principal in Udupi

Trouble erupted at the MGM college in Udupi on Thursday when some girl students wearing hijabs were sent out of the institution premises by the college principal.

Hijab row: HC directs Karnataka govt not to violate interim order

The bench asked the advocate to give a written submission on the matter and directed the government to see to it that interim orders are not violated

Karnataka: English lecturer quits job over alleged bar on her hijab

In her resignation letter Chandini has said that she is resigning as she was asked to remove her hijab which she has been wearing for three years in the college

Hijab not an essential religious practice of Islam: Karnataka govt to HC

We have taken a stand that wearing hijab is not an essential religious part of Islam: Advocate General of Karnataka Prabhuling Navadgi told the High Court

Hijab row: Allow Muslim students to wear hijab on Fridays K'taka HC urged

At least on Fridays, and ensuing holy month of Ramzan, beginning in March, let the students be allowed to come wearing hijab, said advocate Vinod Kulakarni, appearing for the students

Karnataka govt order says no to hijab in minority institutions

All educational institutions run by the Minority Welfare Department have been ordered not to allow hijab, scarves, saffron shawls and other religious symbols in the classrooms

'Why not turban, bindi, cross': Hijab arguments play out in Karnataka HC

No other religious symbol is considered in the Government Order, why only hijab? Discrimination against Muslim girls is purely based on their religion said senior advocate Ravivarma Kumar

'So many religious symbols in India, but hostile discrimination against us'

Contending that Indians flaunt diverse religious symbols, the Muslim girls fighting Hijab ban asked why the government was 'picking' on the headscarf alone and making "this hostile discrimination."

'Allow headscarf matching uniform colour,' students request Karnataka HC

The girls made the plea to the full bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice J M Khazi and Justice Krishna M Dixit

Hijab row: Udupi BJP MLA holds meeting with parents, political leaders

MLA Raghupathi Bhat on Sunday held a meeting with parents of school students and various political leaders at the Taluq office in Udupi, amid the ongoing hijab controversy in the state

Wear hijab and prayer caps on Valentine's Day: Pakistani medical college

Islamabad International Medical College issued a circular forbidding students from participating in Valentine's Day celebrations and associated activities which lead the youth towards the wrong path

Hijab-clab Muslim woman racially abused in New Zealand

A 27-year-old woman arrested in New Zealand for racially abusing the lady