Page 6 - Hijab

Hijab row: CM Bommai urges everyone to maintain peace, not incite people

The Chief Minister will be holding a meeting with Ministers of Education and Home departments and officials later in the day

Pakistan summons India's Charge d'Affaires over hijab controversy

The Indian diplomat was conveyed Pakistan's deep concern over alleged religious intolerance against Muslims in India

K'taka hijab row reaches Aligarh Muslim University, protest on Friday

Students in AMU had called for a protest march in the campus on Wednesday but were denied permission in view of the Assembly elections taking place in the district on Thursday.

Hijab row: Karnataka High Court refers matter to larger bench

The decision on interim order regarding uniform and wearing of hijab shall also be taken by the Chief Justice, says Justice Krishna S Dixit

Hijab row: Prohibitory orders clamped in Bengaluru from Feb 9 to 22

Any gathering, protest or agitation within the radius of 200 meters from the school premises, PU colleges, Degree colleges or other similar education institutes in Bengaluru city, will not be allowed

Karnataka hijab row: Priyanka Gandhi lends support to girls

The Congress leader, on her official Twitter handle, said whether it is a 'bikini, a ghoonghat, a pair of jeans or a hijab it is a woman's right to decide what she wants to wear.'

Grave violations of constitution in Karnataka: Owaisi on 'hijab' row

Several protests have erupted in Karnataka after some students were allegedly denied entry to college wearing hijab (a headscarf worn by Muslim women)

Hijab row: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai appeals for peace, restraint

State government declares holiday for educational institutions for three days

Hijab row: Karnataka CM declares 3-day holiday to schools, colleges

Tension had prevailed at some educational institutions in Udupi, Shivamogga, Bagalkote and other parts of the state, during protests for and against hijab today

'Being observed internationally, not a good devp', K'taka HC on Hijab row

'The government can give orders, but people can question them,' the bench noted

Karnataka hijab row: High Court posts matter for Wednesday

After hearing the petitions filed by a few students studying in a Government Pre University College in the coastal town of Udupi on Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court posted the matter for Wednesday

Hatred for Muslims normalised in India: Omar Abdullah over 'hijab' row

He was commenting on a video that has surfaced on social media showing some men sporting saffron scarves heckling a woman in 'hijab' and raising slogans at a college in Karnataka

Focus turns to Karnataka HC as 'hijab' row refuses to die down across state

A section of Muslim girls are adamant on wearing headscarves to college, while the state government has cracked the whip making uniforms mandatory

An unapologetic activist

Book cover of We Are Not Here To Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance

Muslim woman in UK office asked to remove 'terrorist-looking' hijab

Others in the office would feel less intimidated if she wore a non-black hijab, she was told

Once a symbol of conservatism, the Hijab has grown into a fashion industry

Over time, designers came to be involved in the sale of chic Islamic fashions

Me, myself and My Hijab

Treated as an immigrant because of her hijab, the UK-born author asserts her British identity

EU allows companies to ban headscarf. How will it impact Muslim women?

The court decision was a response to two legal cases, one from Belgium and the other in France

UK woman's hijab ripped off in hate attack in London

Police is treating the incident in north London as a racially motivated assault on the victim in her 20s

Hijab-wearing Muslim women passed over for jobs in UK

Cross-party committee said they face a 'triple penalty' - being women, being from an ethnic minority and being Muslim