Indian School’s Ban on Hijabs Ignites Battle Over Religious Rights

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Five students are challenging a ban against wearing hijabs at their government-run school, inflaming a fractious national debate over religion and minority rights in India

UDUPI, India—At 17 years old, Aliya Assadi has a cabinet full of karate trophies. She has dreams of becoming a wildlife photographer. She should be focused on preparing for her final high school exams.

Instead, she has found herself at the center of a fight over whether she and her classmates should be allowed to wear hijabs—Islamic headscarves—after the government-run girls school they attended banned wearing them in class. A small group of students has challenged the ban at the school in the coastal city of Udupi, inflaming a fractiousTo Read the Full Story

 

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In USA's school burkha(not hijab) is not permitted. school uniform is mandatory.

Its India bro, you can say whatever you want to

Sounds like India's problem.

The year is 2022 and it is still a headscarf problem. Let people live the way they want. It's a shame.

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