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Topic: Hijab

‘Motivated comments’ on India’s internal issues aren’t welcome, MEA speaks out on hijab row

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said those who know India well would have 'a proper appreciation' of the realities and how issues are resolved within its constitutional framework.

It’s a ‘hate campaign’ against Muslims — how India’s Urdu press saw Karnataka’s hijab row

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Muslim women must see burqa is just like chastity belt of dark ages, Taslima Nasreen writes

Uniform civil code and uniform dress code are necessary to stop conflicts. Right to religion is not above the right to education.

Reform on hijab important but where it’s coming from is more important

Like interpretations of Muskan Khan's viral video, the hijab row too is multi-layered — religion, law and feminism blending together into a political soup.

The politics behind Karnataka’s hijab row: Sliding Congress, rising SDPI, combative BJP

There's more to the Karnataka hijab row — centred on students' battle to wear religious headscarves to educational institutions — than meets the eye.

‘We don’t support fanatics’ — RSS Muslim wing disowns member’s defence of ‘purdah’ amid hijab row

Anil Singh, Awadh Prant Sanchalak of Muslim Rashtriya Manch, spoke in support of Karnataka students demanding right to wear hijab in classrooms, said 'purdah' part of Indian culture.

Karnataka HC interim order bans ‘religious garments’ at educational institutions with dress code

Interim order to be in force till petitions challenging ban on hijabs are decided. Karnataka High Court bench also requests state government to reopen educational institutions.

Will protect constitutional rights, take up plea at ‘appropriate time’, says SC on hijab row

On Thursday, a Karnataka HC bench asked students not to insist on wearing any cloth on campuses of educational institutions which can 'instigate' people, till matter is resolved.

Bommai govt should have seen the hijab storm coming. Quick damage control needed now

For the highly sensitive area that Coastal Karnataka is, the police, state and the Union home ministry should have been extra vigilant.

The real issue in Karnataka hijab row is how secularism is defined wrongly – Nehru to Modi

The Hijab controversy in Karnataka is one of the manifestations of a breakdown of an unwritten contract between minorities and the Indian State.

On Camera

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.