Women assert right to wear hijab
The Hindu
Placards held underscoring the importance of both wearing the hijab and the quest for education
Scores of women on Tuesday asserted their right to wear the hijab and staged a peaceful protest. They sought to send a message to the authorities that women should not be forced to choose between the hijab and education as both are important.
The women, who were wearing burqas and also donning the hijab, cut across age groups and came out onto the streets days after students and staff of schools and colleges in Karnataka were reportedly instructed to remove the hijab. The Karnataka High Court had restrained students, irrespective of religion, from wearing saffron shawls, scarfs, hijab, religious flags and similar articles within classrooms till further orders are passed.
Scores of women and girls converged near the Hockey Ground in Shantinagar near Masab Tank and carried placards that underscored the importance of both wearing the hijab and the quest for education.