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Hijab row
Hindutva in Education
One year on, Muslim girls in Karnataka grapple with hijab ban, anxious about future ( Maktoob Media )
As another end-term exams approach, 18-year-old Aliya Assadi is nervous about what may unfold in the coming days. Assadi, a final-year school girl from Karnataka’s...
Hindutva
Moradabad: Muslim students say denied entry to campus in burqa, college cites ‘dress code’ ( MSN )
Several students of the Hindu college in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district alleged that they were denied entry into the college for wearing burqa, with...
Muslims
Hijab ban forced many Muslim women in Karnataka to drop out of colleges: new report ( Two Circles )
Muslim women have dropped out of colleges and the classrooms have gotten polarized on the basis of religion, revealed a report released by human rights organization...
Hindutva in Education
One year of Karnataka’s war on Muslim women’s right to learn ( Scroll )
Ayesha Sayed was in the middle of a bachelor’s degree programme when her family received a marriage proposal for her.
Sayed worried that her studies...
Hindutva
Controversies dog education sector, govt. faces ‘saffronisation’ charge ( The Hindu)
The education sector in Karnataka was dogged by a series of controversies in 2022, most of them emanating from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s...
Hindutva
Hijab Ban to Continue in Karnataka Schools, Colleges Till SC Verdict: Education Minister ( The Wire)
Bengaluru: Karnataka primary and secondary education minister B.C. Nagesh on Thursday said the Karnataka high court order upholding the state government’s ban on hijab on...
Hindutva in Education
Voices Behind the Veil: The Human Cost of Karnataka’s Hijab Ban
https://youtu.be/V2pXPRi-p8Y
By FATIMA KHAN / The Quint
When 18-year-old AH Almas was stopped from entering her classroom along with five other students in late December last year, she...
Hindutva
Muslim girls face trouble at NEET examination centres in Kota, Washim for wearing hijabs
Several Muslim students, who went to appear for the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) 2022 examinations in Rajasthan's Kota and Maharashtra's Washim on Sunday,...
Hindutva in Education
Not allowed to take exam in hijab, students in Jamshedpur protest
By Marziya Sharif / Siasat
Jamshedpur: Controversy erupted at Women’s College in Jamshedpur after some girl students wearing hijab were not allowed to take the exam....