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  • Hope makes an attempt to push Muslim ladies into 4 partitions of home fail, says Kerala Guv welcoming Hijab verdict

    By PTI

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Karnataka High Court ruling that hijab was not part of the important non secular follow in Islamic religion was welcomed by Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, who on Tuesday expressed hope that such steady makes an attempt to push again younger Muslim ladies into the 4 partitions of a home, fail.

    The Kerala Governor, talking to reporters, stated he was not gloating over the decision as he believed that the younger Muslim ladies have the aptitude to contribute and play an ideal position in nation constructing in addition to taking care of their households, similar to their “other sisters”.

    “I sincerely pray and hope that these continuous attempts to push back the young women, especially young Muslim women, into the four walls of the house, fall down,” Khan stated.

    He additional stated that he needs them (younger Muslim ladies) all the perfect and hoped that “they will continue doing the good work they are doing”.

    At the beginning of the Hijab controversy, Khan had stated that carrying of the headband was not an important non secular follow in Islamic religion.

    However, the decision was termed as “unfortunate” by leaders of the Muslim League and Kerala Muslim Jamaat.

    Muslim League’s state normal secretary P M A Salam, informed the media that the order was unlucky and would dishearten the individuals who nonetheless think about the legislation and order system and look in direction of the court docket for aid towards any injustice.

    Kerala Muslim Jamaat’s normal secretary Sayyid Ibraheem Khaleel Al Bukhari, talking to a TV channel, additionally termed the High Court determination as “unfortunate” and stated the ruling must be re-examined or an enchantment must be moved towards it within the Supreme Court.

    He stated it was incorrect to state that carrying of the headband was not an important non secular follow in Islamic religion.

    The Karnataka HC as we speak dismissed petitions filed by a bit of Muslim college students from the Government Pre-University Girls College in Udupi, looking for permission to put on Hijab contained in the classroom, saying the headband shouldn’t be part of the important non secular follow in Islamic religion.

    The High Court additionally held that the state authorities has the ability to situation the February 5, 2022 order, banning carrying of garments which disturb equality, integrity and public order in faculties and faculties.

  • Sonam Kapoor Reacts to Hijab Row: If Turban Can Be A Choice, Then Why Not Hijab

    Hijab Row: The ongoing unrest within the state of Karnataka over whether or not college students needs to be permitted to put on hijab in academic establishments has caught actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja’s consideration. Taking to Instagram, Sonam Kapoor shared an image of a person in a turban and a lady in a hijab, and it questions why can a turban be a selection however a hijab can’t. Sonam Kapoor’s submit comes days after a number of girls in Karnataka had been heckled by protesters for sporting a hijab.Also Read – How Would Teachers Know Whether Students Are Learning If They Wear Hijab, Says Assam CM Sonam Kapoor reacts to Hijab controversy in Karnataka Controversy:Sonam Kapoor on Hijab Row Karnataka High Court order on Hijab controversyThe entire controversy erupted after the Karnataka authorities on February 5 issued an order mandating a costume code in all faculties and schools, with a ban on garments that “disturb equality, integrity and public law and order”. Also Read – Hijab Row: Don’t Make It National-Level Issue, Says SC On Plea Against Karnataka HC Order “Pending consideration of all these petitions, we restrain all the students regardless of their religion or faith from wearing saffron shawls (Bhagwa), scarfs, hijab, religious flags or the like within the classroom, until further orders. We request the State Government and all other stakeholders to reopen the educational institutions and allow the students to return to the classes at the earliest,” the HC ordered. Also Read – Hijab Row: Muslim Students Approach SC As K’taka HC Asks Them Not To Wear Religious Dress Till Verdict

    Javed Akhtar on Hijab RowA day in the past, lyricist Javed Akhtar, too, condemned the alleged assaults on girls for sporting hijab. “I have never been in favour of Hijab or Burqa. I still stand by that but at the same time, I have nothing but deep contempt for these mobs of hooligans who are trying to intimidate a small group of girls and that too unsuccessfully. Is this their idea of ‘MANLINESS’. What a pity,” he tweeted. Kangana Ranaut on Hijab ControversyKangana Ranaut too talked about it on social media. She reposted Anand Ranganathan’s submit, which learn, “Iran. 1973 and now. From Bikini to Burqa in fifty years flat. Those who do not learn from History are doomed to repeat it.” First half of the image reveals a gaggle of ladies sitting in a bikini, whereas the opposite half reveals girls sporting burqas. As for the caption, the actor wrote, “If you want to show courage, show it by not wearing burqa in Afghanistan. Learn to break free, not cage yourself.”

    Meanwhile, on Friday, the Supreme Court declined to urgently hear the appeals towards the Karnataka High Court’s interim order (the written order has not but been issued) banning the hijab and different non secular attire in faculties and schools within the state.

  • Pakistan summons Indian Charge d’Affaires over hijab controversy

    Pakistan has summoned India’s Charge d’Affaires to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and conveyed the federal government’s grave concern on the ban on Muslim lady college students from sporting hijab in Karnataka.
    The Foreign Office stated in a press release late on Wednesday that the Indian diplomat was conveyed Pakistan’s deep concern over alleged non secular intolerance, damaging stereotyping, stigmatisation and discrimination in opposition to Muslims in India.
    It was emphasised that the Indian authorities should maintain the perpetrators of harassment in opposition to girls in Karnataka to account and take satisfactory measures to make sure the protection, safety and well-being of Muslim girls, the assertion stated.
    The Foreign Office assertion got here after Pakistan’s senior ministers waded into the continued hijab row in Karnataka on Wednesday, with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi saying that depriving Muslim women of training is a grave violation of elementary human rights.
    Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Hussain stated what was happening in India was worrying and emphasised that sporting hijab is a private alternative simply as another costume and residents have to be given free alternative.
    Reacting to the tweets of the Pakistani ministers, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi stated in New Delhi on Wednesday that some persons are giving “communal colour” to a call on costume code and self-discipline of establishments as a part of their “conspiracy to defame India’s inclusive culture”.
    Naqvi additionally shot again saying Pakistan, which is a “jungle of crime and cruelty” for minorities, is preaching India on tolerance and secularism.
    The actuality is that the socio-educational-religious rights of minorities are being trampled openly in Pakistan, Naqvi informed reporters in New Delhi. Equal rights, dignity and prosperity of the minorities, together with Muslims, is part of India’s dedication to tolerance, concord and inclusivity, he asserted.
    The hijab controversy first erupted in January at a authorities Pre-University College in Udupi, the place six college students who attended lessons sporting headscarves in violation of the stipulated costume code had been requested to go away the campus. It later unfold to different components of the state with Hindu college students too responding by turning up in saffron shawls.