{"id":81844,"date":"2022-02-08T18:48:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T18:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=81844"},"modified":"2022-02-08T18:48:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T18:48:35","slug":"protests-over-classroom-hijab-ban-grow-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/81844-protests-over-classroom-hijab-ban-grow-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests Over Classroom Hijab Ban Grow in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f8_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f3\u06f4-\u06f5\u06f2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f8_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f3\u06f4-\u06f5\u06f2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f8_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f3\u06f4-\u06f5\u06f2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f8_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f3\u06f4-\u06f5\u06f2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f8_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f3\u06f4-\u06f5\u06f2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f8_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f3\u06f4-\u06f5\u06f2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>A ban on Islamic headscarves at schools has prompted an outcry among Muslims in southern India, with large crowds taking to the streets on Monday to protest against the restrictions.<br>The stand-off in Karnataka state has galvanized fears among the minority community about what they say is increasing persecution under the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<br>Students at a government-run high school were told not to wear hijabs last month, an edict that soon spread to at least two other educational institutions in the state.<br>&#8220;It&#8217;s discriminatory in nature and also it&#8217;s against the rights that are provided under the constitution of India,&#8221; Sumayya Roushan, president of the Girls Islamic Organization Karnataka, said at a Monday press conference.<br>One of the schools has since partially yielded, allowing its female Muslim students to attend class with a hijab but instructing them to sit in separate classrooms, according to local media.<br>Two other schools that had implemented a hijab ban declared a holiday and were closed on Monday.<br>Modi&#8217;s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party governs Karnataka state and several prominent members have thrown their support behind the ban, which has been criticized by other political leaders.<br>The state&#8217;s top court is expected to hear petitions on Tuesday and rule on whether to overturn the bans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A ban on Islamic headscarves at schools has prompted an outcry among Muslims in southern India, with large crowds taking to the streets on Monday to protest against the restrictions.The stand-off in Karnataka state has galvanized fears among the minority community about what they say is increasing persecution under the Hindu nationalist government of Prime &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":81851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,31,30],"tags":[2841,252,37],"class_list":["post-81844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-news","category-world","tag-classroom","tag-hijab","tag-india"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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