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Woman claims British manager of an Indian restaurant in Bahrain refused entry to her veil-clad friend, restaurant shut down
Indian restaurant Lanterns' in Bahrain has been ordered to shut down for refusing entry to a veil-clad woman
Supreme Court refuses early hearing of appeal against Karnataka HC’s Hijab verdict, asks pro-Hijab lawyer not to sensationalise the issue
Chief Justice NV Ramana said, "Exams have nothing to do with the issue. Don't sensationalise." The court said that it will hear the case in due course.
Karnataka: 231 Muslim students including boys refuse to appear for exams after college authorities ask girls to remove hijab
At least 231 Muslim students of PU College in Uppinangady in Karnataka skipped exams for not allowing hijab
The Quint publishes report saying Ambedkar would have been in tears over hijab order: Here is why he would be smiling, demanding a stricter...
The Quint report quoted Muslim students as saying that had Dr Ambedkar been alive, he would have been crying over hijab verdict.
Burqa-clad students refuse to write exams after Karnataka HC held that hijab is not an essential practice in Islam
“We will write our exam wearing hijab. If they ask us to remove hijab, we will not write exams," a Muslim student warned.
Aligarh: Muslim students claim they were barred entry into college for wearing hijab, administration says rule in existence for over 15 years
"If a student comes dressed in burqa and hijab from home, they are required to remove the attire after entering the college premises," Beena Upadhyay told Opindia.
Uttar Pradesh: 19-year-old Mohammad Sohail arrested for harassing and molesting young girls by hiding inside burqa
Initially, the police were unaware that the arrest accused was a male. The police officials had mistaken the accused for a girl after seeing him in a burqa.
Hijab as ‘choice’: When 15 girls were left to die in a raging fire just because they were not ‘appropriately dressed’
In 2002, 15 Muslim school girls died as they were not allowed to escape a burning school building by Religious Police for not wearing hijab, rescuers were not allowed to help them because 'touching' women was not allowed.
Karnataka hijab row: HC Chief Justice reiterates the ban on religious dresses in colleges where uniform is prescribed, the order applies only to students
Karnataka HC says hijab ban apply to all colleges where uniform is prescribed, but it does not apply to teachers
Does the Quran really mandate hijab or burqa for Muslim women? Here’s how the Karnataka High Court discussed the issue
Advocate Devdatt Kamat and AG Prabhuling Navadgi argued extensively about the validity of burqa/hijab in Quran and whether it can be considered as an essential religious practice.
