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The 17-year-old texted her dad asking about whether he would be okay if she removed her hijab and he replied positively. (Photo: AFP)

UK minister backs right to ban hijab in schools

The minister threw his support behind schools that want to impose a ban on wearing of hijab or religious fasting by very...

10 Feb 2018 6:25 PM IST

Female Muslim students wearing burqa and hijab sit in protest outside the Shivamogga District collectors office, in Shivamogga on Thursday. (PTI file photo)

58 girls suspended from college in Karnataka for wearing Hijab,...

The students were suspended on Friday and were told that they should not come to the college

19 Feb 2022 8:17 PM IST

Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Aakar Patel | Let women wear the hijab or not: It's not the job of...

The hijab issue has again brought what India is doing to its minorities to the notice of the world

15 Feb 2022 1:49 AM IST

Activists from Students Federation of India (SFI) hold placards during a demonstration against the recent hijab ban in few of Karnatakas educational institutes, in Chennai on February 10, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | The Hijab row: Beyond the hype and hysteria

Why do people care more about a headscarf worn by a woman than what is going on inside her head?

12 Feb 2022 12:42 AM IST