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‘No proof it is must for Muslims’: Allahabad High Court denies student’s hijab plea

August 25, 2026 1:08 pm

The Allahabad High Court said the girl's claim that wearing a headscarf in school was an essential religious practice lacked supporting pleadings, authoritative religious texts or material.

‘Hijab doesn’t need politics or permission… we are happy for those after us’

Meet the four girls who led fight for right to wear hijab

May 15, 2026 9:46 am

Speaking on Karnataka’s reversal of ban, they say: ‘Hijab doesn’t need politics or permission… We’re happy for those who come after us’.

Karnataka HC refuses to quash case against Congress leader Mukarram Khan for making inflammatory remarks during 2022 hijab row

February 10, 2026 3:23 pm

The Karnataka High Court dismissed a case against a resident of Hyderabad accused of sheltering Mukarram Khan.

Iran's hijab enforcer, caught in a dress-code scandal: Leaked video raises questions over daughter's wedding rituals

October 21, 2025 4:17 pm

The bride appears in a low-cut, strapless dress, and the admiral’s wife wears a backless, blue lace evening gown. Other women in the video are not wearing the hijab.

Hijab row in Kerala school, High Court grants police protection

October 14, 2025 5:30 am

A group of people on Friday stormed into the school in Kochi, demanding that a student be allowed to wear the hijab, which the parent-teacher association has said is contrary to the school’s uniform dress code

Class X exam supervisor removed after Gujarat school asks Muslim students to remove hijab

March 15, 2024 7:15 am

The Bharuch District Education Officer (DEO) Swati Raulji had on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the incident after receiving a complaint from the parents of one of the students whose hijab was removed.

Rajasthan BJP MLA objects to hijab in school, minister says will talk to CM

In Rajasthan, BJP MLA stirs up hijab row in school, minister says Muslim 'thinking more towards crime'

January 30, 2024 1:57 pm

On Monday morning, Acharya visited the Government Girls Secondary School in Jaipur’s Gangapol locality. In a video that surfaced afterwards, he can be seen pulling up a school administrator over some students wearing the hijab.

The fact is that the Quran does not specify any attire for women except modest clothing (24:31, 33:59). It instructs them to “lower their gaze” (24:30-31) which would make sense only when they are not shrouded in a head-to-toe burqa.

Karnataka hijab ban row raises a question: Why is education not the priority for Muslim girls?

January 18, 2024 3:19 pm

The ban was unwarranted, but favouring religious symbolism over education speaks of an insidious indoctrination

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Hijab will be allowed in schools and colleges, says CM Siddaramaiah

December 23, 2023 6:22 pm

Taking it to X he said, “ PM @narendramodi 's sab ka saath-sabka vikas is bogus. @BJP4India is doing the work of dividing people and dividing society on the basis of clothes, dress, caste. I have told (officials) to withdraw the hijab ban.”

MP school hijab row: Principal, teacher and guard get bail from HC

Madhya Pradesh school hijab row: HC grants bail to principal, teacher, guard

August 31, 2023 5:22 am

Principal Afsha Sheikh, mathematics teacher Anas Athar, and guard Rustom Ali, were arrested two months ago after a controversy erupted that girl students were being forced to wear hijab by the school authorities.