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The girl student also stated that they hope the court will uphold justice and will not show bias towards Muslims. She also stated that they have no objection to the Muslim girls wearing hijabs or burqa outside the college or even at their homes. "But in the campus, the uniform dress code has to be followed by all students", she asserted.

Priyanka Gandhi had earlier conflated the Karnataka hijab row with women's rights issues, falsely insinuating that the hijab-clad girls are being denied their 'constitutional rights'. The reality is that the college administration in Udupi has been trying for weeks to convince the girls to follow the dress code and start attending classes.

A piece of cloth that is used to assert one's religious identity has taken an ugly, political turn in the current burqa row in Karnataka.

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Speaking to a reporter, the girls protesting in Karnataka for not allowing hijab in classes said hijab is their priority and not education.

The Muslim students who are protesting against uniform regulations in the state and had begun the protest were in contact with radical Islamic outfit CFI.

Devadatt Kamat representing Muslim petitioners cited Quranic verses in Karnataka HC to defend hijab in schools

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The Karnataka hijab row underscores the growing menace of Islamism that afflicts the Indian society and its threat to country's secular ethos

In Islamic countries like Afghanistan, where Sharia is the law of land, hijab, burqa are mandatory and not wearing one is punishable. Women in Afghanistan have been killed for not wearing burqa as per Sharia.