On Thursday, a court in the southern Indian state of Karnataka ordered students not to wear any religious attire until a decision is reached on petitions to remove a ban on hijabs or Muslim women’s headscarves.
Students have filed applications in Karnataka state court challenging a ban on hijabs that certain schools have enforced in recent weeks.
“An order will be issued.” “However, till the matter is resolved, no student should insist on wearing religious garb,” Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi was cited as saying by the Press Trust of India news agency.
According to The Wire, the petitioners’ attorneys protested to the temporary order, claiming it amounted to “suspension of our rights.”
The court, though, stated it would only take a few days and adjourned for the day.
The court also ordered the state to restore schools and colleges that the chief minister had closed for three days earlier this week as protests against the ban grew more intense.
Last month, the topic made news when a government-run school in Karnataka’s Udupi district prohibited pupils wearing hijabs from attending classrooms, sparking protests outside the school gate. Similar prohibitions were enacted at other schools around the state, leading the state’s highest court to intervene.
After a video of a hijab-clad schoolgirl being heckled and jeered at by a mob of Hindutva supporters went viral, the issue gained traction and drew reactions from celebrities and politicians in India and Pakistan.
After a video of a hijab-clad student being heckled and jeered at by a mob of Hindutva supporters in Karnataka appeared on social media, the issue gained traction and drew reactions from celebrities and politicians in India and Pakistan.
The tense standoff has alarmed Muslim students, who claim that their religious liberties are being violated in the Hindu-majority country. Hundreds of students and parents flocked to the streets on Monday to protest the ban.
Protests have erupted across India as a result of the Karnataka dispute. On Thursday, a handful of demonstrators were arrested in New Delhi, the capital, while students and activists have marched in towns such as Hyderabad and Kolkata in recent days.
Protests have erupted across India as a result of the Karnataka dispute. On Thursday, several demonstrators were arrested in New Delhi, the capital, and students and activists have marched in cities such as Hyderabad and Kolkata in recent days.
Hundreds of students in Kolkata protested the ban by shouting slogans and blocking roads a day ago.
According to an eyewitness, the majority of the protesting students were women wearing hijabs, and the demonstrations were peaceful. The kids stated that they would meet again on Thursday.
