-TwoCircles.net Research published in the International Growth Center in 2020 found that Muslims were substantially more likely to report sadness and anxiety, as compared to upper-caste Hindus. NEW DELHI — In the last week of December 2021, six female students were stopped from entering Government Women’s PU college in Udupi, Karnataka, for wearing a Hijab. Soon afterwards, other colleges in the state followed suit, amidst protests, including Graduation Colleges. Even though an...
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Ensure no ‘religious attire’ in classes, SDMC-run schools told -Muneef Khan
-The Hindu SDMC’s education panel chairperson issues instructions to prevent ‘religious attire’ in schools Officials of South Delhi Municipal Corporation-run schools have been instructed to ensure that no students come to class wearing any “religious attire”. The directions, issued by the civic body’s Education Committee chairperson Nitika Sharma (BJP) to the SDMC’s Director of Primary Education on Friday, have come following a controversy over a girl student being asked to remove her Hijab...
More »Why Judges Should Not Interpret Religion -Arvind Kurian Abraham
-TheWire.in One of the oddities of the ongoing Hijab ban case, is how a secular court has to decide whether wearing a Hijab is mandated by Islam. One cannot fault the Karnataka high court beyond a point, as it is merely following ‘Essential Religious Practices Test’ laid down by the Supreme Court of India. Courts use this test to determine whether a practice is essential to the religion, in order to decide...
More »Hijab row likely to hit education of Muslim women, experts fear -KV Aditya Bharadwaj
-The Hindu Many students have vowed not to enter classrooms without their Hijabs Bengaluru: Young women wearing religious headscarves tearfully pleading to be allowed entry into schools and colleges with many vowing not to remove their Hijabs has raised concerns on the impact this will have on their education. While the case is in the High Court of Karnataka, several writers and activists from the Muslim community and education experts have expressed fear...
More »Stop targeting & excluding Hijab wearing muslim women students because it affects their RTE, states NCEE
-Press statement by the National Coalition on the Education Emergency (NCEE) dated February 21, 2022 We note, with deep concern and anguish, the active prevention of muslim women from attending government schools and colleges, on the grounds that they wear the Hijab, a headscarf. This move violates not just the fundamental rights of these women, including those of freedom (Article 19, 25) and equality (Article 14), but also their right to...
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