Hijab Ban

Coming down heavily on a Mumbai college which had barred students from wearing burqas and hijab on campus, the Supreme Court asked the institution's authorities how they were empowering women by telling them what to wear.

Days after banning the hijab, a college in Mumbai has issued a new dress code barring students from wearing "torn" jeans, t-shirts, and "revealing dresses" on its premises.

A Mumbai college, which has been in news for imposing a ban on hijab, has now also barred students from wearing torn jeans, T-shirts, "revealing" dresses and jerseys, or a dress that reveals religion or shows "cultural disparity".

The Bombay High Court rejected a plea filed by nine Muslim students of a Mumbai college challenging the ban on hijabs, veils, stoles, caps, etc, on the premises.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea filed by women students challenging the ban on wearing hijab, niqab, burkha, stole, cap, etc., on campus by a Mumbai college.

The Bombay High Court today refused to interfere in a decision taken by a Mumbai-based college to impose a ban on hijab, burka and naqab in its premises.

Nine students have moved the Bombay High Court challenging a directive issued by their college imposing a ban on hijab, burka and naqab in the classroom.

A teacher at a private law college affiliated to the University of Calcutta resigned and stopped attending classes after the institute authorities allegedly requested her to refrain from wearing a hijab to the workplace.

Tanzeem Merani, a college student from Gujarat, is on a hunger strike in Jaipur, demanding a ban on hijab in educational institutions and the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act and the Uniform Civil Code.

With the debate on the hijab issue continuously heating with each passing day, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara has said that the government will take a decision after looking into the matter deeply.

As the hijab controversy flares up in Karnataka, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai accused current Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of hiding the failures of his government as well as raising the issue for only political gains.

The Karnataka government has not given any order to end the ban on wearing the hijab in educational institutions, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday, a day after media reports claimed the hijab ban has been removed.

The BJP on Saturday strongly reacted to the Karnataka government's decision to withdraw the ban on wearing hijab in educational institutions in the state, saying the ruling Congress is carrying forward the British policy of 'divide and rule'.

The Karnataka government on Friday announced it will soon withdraw the ban on wearing hijab. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said his government will withdraw the ban soon, adding that women can "wear anything they want."

Iranian authorities have banned a dozen women actors from working for failing to observe the Islamic republic's strict dress code which includes mandatory headscarves, an official said Wednesday.

Coming down heavily on a Mumbai college which had barred students from wearing burqas and hijab on campus, the Supreme Court asked the institution's authorities how they were empowering women by telling them what to wear.

Days after banning the hijab, a college in Mumbai has issued a new dress code barring students from wearing "torn" jeans, t-shirts, and "revealing dresses" on its premises.

A Mumbai college, which has been in news for imposing a ban on hijab, has now also barred students from wearing torn jeans, T-shirts, "revealing" dresses and jerseys, or a dress that reveals religion or shows "cultural disparity".

The Bombay High Court rejected a plea filed by nine Muslim students of a Mumbai college challenging the ban on hijabs, veils, stoles, caps, etc, on the premises.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea filed by women students challenging the ban on wearing hijab, niqab, burkha, stole, cap, etc., on campus by a Mumbai college.

The Bombay High Court today refused to interfere in a decision taken by a Mumbai-based college to impose a ban on hijab, burka and naqab in its premises.

Nine students have moved the Bombay High Court challenging a directive issued by their college imposing a ban on hijab, burka and naqab in the classroom.

A teacher at a private law college affiliated to the University of Calcutta resigned and stopped attending classes after the institute authorities allegedly requested her to refrain from wearing a hijab to the workplace.

Tanzeem Merani, a college student from Gujarat, is on a hunger strike in Jaipur, demanding a ban on hijab in educational institutions and the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act and the Uniform Civil Code.

With the debate on the hijab issue continuously heating with each passing day, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara has said that the government will take a decision after looking into the matter deeply.

As the hijab controversy flares up in Karnataka, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai accused current Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of hiding the failures of his government as well as raising the issue for only political gains.

The Karnataka government has not given any order to end the ban on wearing the hijab in educational institutions, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday, a day after media reports claimed the hijab ban has been removed.

The BJP on Saturday strongly reacted to the Karnataka government's decision to withdraw the ban on wearing hijab in educational institutions in the state, saying the ruling Congress is carrying forward the British policy of 'divide and rule'.

The Karnataka government on Friday announced it will soon withdraw the ban on wearing hijab. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said his government will withdraw the ban soon, adding that women can "wear anything they want."

Iranian authorities have banned a dozen women actors from working for failing to observe the Islamic republic's strict dress code which includes mandatory headscarves, an official said Wednesday.