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Karnataka burqa row: The politics of religious identity

A Satya -
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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Karnataka: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind announces Rs.5 lakh reward for Burqa-clad protestor who shouted provocative “Allahu Akbar” at Hindu students

OpIndia Staff -
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind announces Rs.5 lakh for Bibi Muskan Khan for shouting "Allahu Akbar" in at a group of students
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‘Education is secondary, hijab is the first priority’: Muslim girls in Karnataka college

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking to a reporter, the girls protesting in Karnataka for not allowing hijab in classes said hijab is their priority and not education.
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CFI and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind counselling us in the row, we started wearing Hijab only in December, said Burqa clad women

OpIndia Staff -
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.
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From Quranic verses to pigs: Here are the arguments made in Karnataka High Court in the burqa row

OpIndia Staff -
Devadatt Kamat representing Muslim petitioners cited Quranic verses in Karnataka HC to defend hijab in schools
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Pro-AAP blog refers to Hindu students chanting Jai Shri Ram slogans in Karnataka College as ‘terrorists’

OpIndia Staff -
Pro-AAP blog Janta Ka Reporter's Editor is Rifat Jawaid and website has been accused of using soft porn to drive traffic.
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The Karnataka Burqa row is not about education, it’s Islamism stamping its foot and liberals dutifully massaging it

Jinit Jain -
The Karnataka hijab row underscores the growing menace of Islamism that afflicts the Indian society and its threat to country's secular ethos
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In secular India, Opposition parties stage walkout for Sharia rules in Temple of Democracy over burqa row

OpIndia Staff -
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.
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Karnataka CM orders closure of schools and colleges for 3 days after burqa row turns uglier, stone-pelting and clashes reported in several areas

OpIndia Staff -
The hijab row in Karnataka has taken an uglier turn with incidents of stone-pelting and violence being reported from various parts of the state on Tuesday.
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Karnataka Burqa row: Congress, media lie about Tricolour being removed from college, Pakistan picks up propaganda

OpIndia Staff -
No, the Indian national flag was not removed in the college in Shimoga for hoisting the saffron flag, Congress lied and Pakistan amplified
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