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TopicKarnataka Hijab Controversy

Topic: Karnataka Hijab Controversy

Karnataka HC judgment on Hijab shows how indirect discrimination can play out in courts

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

What is an ‘essential religious practice’, and why hijab didn’t make the cut for Karnataka HC

Courts have applied ‘essential religious practice’ test over the decades to decide which practices are protected by the Constitution, and which ones the state can regulate.

Karnataka govt to give ‘Y-category’ security to HC judges who delivered hijab verdict

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said the decision was made after the three judges of Karnatka HC, including the chief justice, received death threats.

Hijab verdict tramples on religious identity of Muslims, says Urdu press, backs appeal in SC

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Forget ‘essential’, hijab isn’t that Islamic. Muslim women just made Western tees ‘halaal’

Hijab replaced the invisibility of Muslim women with a hypervisibility of religious identity. That's why Karnataka HC's judgment stands tall.

Why the Karnataka High Court’s analogical reasoning on hijab is poor

Some rather strange situations were considered relevant in trying to understand the boundaries of constitutional liberty in the hijab case.

Karnataka HC order on hijab is well-reasoned. Respect this intervention until SC has final say

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‘Hijab row BJP bid to humiliate women’ — IS threatens violence to protect ‘honour of our sisters’

In its propaganda magazine 'Voice of Hind', Islamic State says BJP using hijab issue to 'disempower young Muslim women & segregate students on lines of religion'.

‘If Ambedkar were alive, he’d be crying’, says hijab petitioner as state hails ‘historic’ HC order

Karnataka HC has held hijab is not integral part of religious practice in Islam & upheld govt order banning religious clothing in classrooms. Students are preparing to appeal SC against the order.

‘Hijab not essential religious practice in Islamic law,’ says Karnataka HC, restriction to stay

Following the verdict, advocate for the petitioners said they will soon move the Supreme Court and the girls will "continue their education while exercising their rights to wear hijab".

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