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Hijab ban
Hindutva
Hijab wearing students not allowed to write class 12 exams in Karnataka
YADGIR, KARNATAKA : Refusing to take off their hijab, six students in Karnataka’s Yadgir district returned home without writing their Class 12 exams on...
Hindutva
Karnataka: Muslim students who had challenged hijab ban in court not allowed to take final exams
Two second-year students of Government Pre-University College for Girls, Udupi who had approached the High Court of Karnataka challenging the hijab ban in educational institutions were...
Muslims
Anti-Muslim communal hate on rise in India’s Karnataka State
Earlier this year, when a group of Muslim school girls in the southern Indian State of Karnataka were barred from entering the classroom wearing...
Communalism
Karnataka’s communal cauldron keeps bubbling as elections approach
By K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj / The Hindu
Campaigns against minority communities have been relentless in the State over the last few months
Karnataka, headed for Assembly...
Communalism
After hijab, halal, mangoes ripe for communal tension in Karnataka
After campaigning against the hijab, and halal and banning Muslim traders in temple fairs, Hindu organisations in Karnataka now are planning a campaign to...
Hindutva in Judiciary
Indian scholars, activists criticize school hijab ban ruling
By SHEIKH SAALIQ / The Associated Press
NEW DELHI — A recent court ruling upholding a ban on Muslim students wearing head coverings in schools...
Hindutva in Judiciary
Indian scholars, activists criticize school hijab ban ruling
By Sheikh Saaliq /Associated Press
NEW DELHI — A recent court ruling upholding a ban on Muslim students wearing head coverings in schools has sparked criticism from constitutional scholars...
Hindutva in Judiciary
Hijab ban interview: Why a secular court should not tell a citizen what her religion is
By Umang Poddar / Scroll
On March 15, the Karnataka High Court upheld a hijab ban for educational institutions. The court argued that wearing the...
Communalism
Is India Seeing A Rise In Misogyny Under Its Rising Spirit Of Nationalism?
By AVNI SINHA / Shethe People
Feminist literature that has explored nationalism has found linkages with patriarchal values and ideas of masculine toughness. The ‘nation’...