By Matters India Reporter Kozhikode, Sept 26, 2022: The row over wearing hijab on September 26 led clashes and disruption of classes in Providence School in Kozhikode, a town in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Some activists of the Students Islamic Organization of India stormed the girls’ school inContinue Reading
By Julio Ribeiro Mumbai, March 25, 2022: When I opined in an earlier article that the hijab has no Koranic sanction and that a ban on wearing it to college is something that the girls who wear it should not defy, I was upbraided by my daughters and grand-daughter! TheirContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, Feb 16, 2022: The raging controversy around Hijab is taking disturbing proportions. In Udupi Karnataka Muslim girls alleged that they were denied entry in to the classroom if they wear Hijab. Then we saw the gates of the institute being shut on the hijab wearing girls.Continue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Feb 14, 2022: Educational institutions in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have become battlefields over a piece of cloth – the hijab worn by women Muslim students. While ‘Hijab versus saffron scarf’ scuffles aren’t new to Karnataka, the state witnessed its resurgence in DecemberContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Feb 6, 2022: The government of Karnataka has issued an order to ban religious dress in educational institutions to help maintain harmony in the southern Indian state. The February 5 move came after a dress code controversy in educational institutions divided some coastal districts of theContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Feb 5, 2022: What happened: In December 2021, Rudra Gowda, principal of Bhandarkar’s College in Udupi issued a circular, banning Muslim girl students from wearing hijabs in classrooms. Defending his order, Gowda said, “Students are free to wear hijabs inside school premises but not inContinue Reading