Karnataka Hijab Row

Karnataka Minister V. Sunil Kumar stated that no student can wear a hijab while attending classes

In the split verdict in Karnataka hijab case, Justice Hemant Gupta of the SC said students must follow dress code prescribed by their schools

Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq maintained that women not wearing a hijab in public is bad for the society as a whole.

The two-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India delivered a split verdict on the Karnataka hijab case.

Muslim side in the hijab case in Supreme Court claimed that hijab is a religious right guaranteed under Article 25

Nizam Pasha cited Quranic verse 33:59 to say hijab distinguishes Muslim women from others so molesters can spare them.

On one instance, Dushyant Dave insinuated that Jains and Buddhists were among outsiders who settled in India.

Kavita Krishnan compared the brutal torture of Mahsa Amini to the opposition by Hindu groups to selectively entertaining Muslim religious attire in government schools.

“Ambedkar’s statement, although he was a pillar, is a deeply offensive statement. It is not a statement that should be repeated in India, great though he may have been. (It was a) totally biased statement,” senior advocate Gonsalves, representing some of the Muslim girls, said to SC.

Opindia.com, in a freewheeling conversation with Dr Ashwath Narayan, Karnataka Minister, attempts a snapshot of pre-election mood in Karnataka