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WATCH: 'Those who give poll tickets to Muslim women are anti-Islam,' says Ahmedabad Jama Masjid Shahi Imam
Fp Staff •"Are there no men left? If you make your women MLAs and councillors, we won't be able to defend the hijab," Shahi Imam Shabbir Ahmed Siddiqui added
Reflections on the Hijab ban: In fashion world, an act of cultural pride subverts logic in a polarised world
Manjima Bhattacharjya •For young Muslim women in India caught between the state and society, there is little space for them to define themselves outside of the hijab.
Hijab controversy: The hidden agenda is Muslim consolidation
Sandeep Krishnarao Patil •The question of allowing hijab in secular institutions should at once be answered by a resounding ‘no’
Hijab ban stays in Karnataka: A look at countries where veils are barred
Fp Explainers •The Karnataka High Court has upheld the ban on hijab in educational institutions. Across the world, several countries have passed laws that discourage wearing face coverings
Hijab not essential practice of Islam, AG tells Karnataka HC; hearing to continue on Monday
Fp Staff •Advocate General Prabhuling Navadgi, while arguing on behalf of Karnataka government, said that the practice of wearing hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam and preventing its use did not violate Article 25 of the Indian Constitution
Karnataka hijab controversy: Why Modi government should seriously think about Uniform Civil Code
Francois Gautier •The hijab controversy may seem harmless, but it is part of a deeper and vaster problem — the use of women by radical Islam to put across a militant message.
Hijab Row: Hijab wearing woman will one day be PM of India, says Asaduddin Owaisi
Fp Staff •The comments were made in a 43-second video, which comes amidst the raging hijab row and after the AIMIM chief came out in support of Muskan who was seen being heckled in Mandya district of Karnataka in a now-viral video
Basavaraj Bommai expresses confidence about peace and normalcy ahead of high schools reopening tomorrow
Fp Staff •Meanwhile, the Udupi district administration has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC in areas around all high schools in the district from Monday till 19 February
From Udupi in Karnataka to Madhya Pradesh and Puducherry: Timeline of how hijab row snowballed
Fp Staff •The controversy began on 1 January when a group of students alleged that they were denied entry into their classroom. Since then, the issue has snowballed with the Karnataka High Court now hearing the petition against the ban on the face coverings
There’s a good case to ban hijab in schools, but Congress cheers orthodoxy
Abhijit Majumder •The Congress stand, other than smelling predictably of its pathological minoritism, is regressive and hypocritical