Hijab Controversy
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Kerala minister directs Christian school to allow Muslim girl to continue studies wearing hijab
India | Oct 14, 2025, 11:46 PM ISTHijab row: Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty instructed the school's principal and management to address the mental distress caused to the student and her parents in connection with the girl wearing a 'hijab' to the institution.
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Bijnor: Principal bars students wearing hijab at college, district authority begins probe | VIDEO
Uttar Pradesh | Aug 13, 2024, 12:32 PM ISTAs the controversy over the hijab ban at Janta Inter College in Bijnor snowballed, the district administration launched a probe into the matter.
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'Students must have choice to wear what they want': SC stays Chembur college's circular on burqa ban
India | Aug 09, 2024, 04:04 PM ISTThe Supreme Court has issued an interim stay on a Mumbai college's ban on wearing hijabs, veils, burqas, stoles, and caps, raising concerns about the implications for women's empowerment and personal freedom.
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Bengal hijab row: Teacher opts not to rejoin after college permits head scarf
Kolkata | Jun 14, 2024, 12:06 PM ISTSanjida Qadar, a teacher at LJD Law College in Kolkata, decided not to return to her position after being initially asked not to wear a hijab but later permitted to use a head scarf. Citing discomfort, Qadar announced her decision via email on Thursday to explore new opportunities.
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Bihar school receives threats after asking girls to remove hijabs inside classrooms
Bihar | Dec 02, 2023, 09:40 PM ISTAccording to a written complaint from the principal Satyendra Kumar Chaudhary, several family members of girls belonging to a religious group stormed the school on November 29, Om Prakash Singh, the District Education Officer of Sheikhpura said.
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Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi begins hunger strike in Iran
World | Nov 07, 2023, 06:43 AM ISTMohammadi has been targeted by the Iranian authorities for a decade for her activism and she is now reportedly suffering from heart and lung issues. However, her family alleges that prison authorities have refused to take her to a hospital for refusing to wear a hijab.
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Iranian teenager allegedly attacked by morality police in metro dies from injuries: Report
World | Oct 28, 2023, 01:19 PM ISTGeravand's clash with security forces on October 1 remains mysterious with her friends and family claiming she collapsed due to high blood pressure. Her death now threatens to reignite widespread protests that came in the wake of Mahsa Amini's death last year.
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Iranian teen declared 'brain dead' after police assault for wearing hijab improperly: Report
World | Oct 23, 2023, 05:12 PM ISTMahsa Amini's death in police custody sparked widespread protests in Iran, with over 500 people killed in demonstrations. Despite international pressure, the Iranian government passed a 'hijab bill' imposing harsher penalties for women violating the strict dress code.
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Iran sentences two female journalists covering Mahsa Amini's death for collaborating with US
World | Oct 22, 2023, 11:05 PM ISTSince Amini's death, over 500 people have been killed in protests and more than 19,000 arrested, including 100 journalists. Iranian authorities have accused the West, particularly the United States, for instigating protests and riots in the country.
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Iran: Teenager girl falls into coma after morality police drag her for not wearing hijab properly
World | Oct 04, 2023, 07:00 PM ISTIt was not clear whether the morality police assaulted the teenager inside the metro, Iranian authorities claimed that the girl "fainted" due to low blood pressure. The authorities said that there was no involvement of the security forces.
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Indonesia: Teacher tonsures at least 14 female students for not wearing hijab 'properly'
World | Aug 29, 2023, 02:05 PM ISTNotably, Indonesia banned wearing hijabs in school in 2021 but the activists claimed both Muslim and non-Muslim girls have been forced to wear the black headscarf in conservative regions of the archipelago.
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Kerala: Group of medical students seek permission to wear hijab inside operation theatres
India | Jun 28, 2023, 04:48 PM ISTHijjab controversy: Group of women also wrote a letter to principal Dr Linnette J Morris on June 26 seeking permission to wear hijab inside operation theatres.
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Will hijab ban in Karnataka institutes be scrapped? Here is Minister Dr G Parameshwara's reply
Karnataka | May 24, 2023, 04:04 PM ISTHijab row: Ahead of elections, the controversy over the hijab swept through the state and subsequently, BJP government banned it in the education institutes. Now, the political scenario is changed in the state and the demand to rollback of the government's decision is growing.
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'Success is best revenge': Tharoor after Tabassum, who staunchly faced hijab row, tops PUC exams
Karnataka | Apr 24, 2023, 11:46 AM ISTGiving a tight slap to all the protestors, 18-year-old Tabassum Shaik scored a perfect 100 in Hindi, Psychology and Sociology.
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Supreme Court declines immediate listing of plea seeking hearing on Karnataka hijab row
India | Mar 03, 2023, 12:39 PM ISTKarnataka hijab row: Advocate Shadan Farasat, appearing on behalf of the students, had then submitted before a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud that they had to appear in annual examinations beginning from March 9 (Thursday) in government colleges.
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Iran hijab controversy: Tehran authorities arrest actress of Oscar-winning movie
World | Dec 18, 2022, 10:34 AM ISTIran-hijab controversy: Iranian authorities have now arrested one of the country’s most renowned actresses for allegedly spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests.
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Iranian Police targeting women protests especially on their faces, breasts and genitals
World | Dec 12, 2022, 06:38 PM ISTA shocking media report claimed that Iranian security forces are now targeting the private parts, faces and other vital organs of female protestors to spread fear among the women demonstrators.
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Iran publicly executes second detainee over alleged protest crime
World | Dec 12, 2022, 04:24 PM ISTIran hijab row: Amid the uproar created following the killing of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Iran executed a second prisoner detained and convicted allegedly for stabbing two security force members.
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Hijab ban: Muslim Personal Law Board appeals to Karnataka government to withdraw order
India | Oct 14, 2022, 11:51 AM ISTHijab ban: On Thursday, a bench of justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia pronounced a split judgement on the Hijab issue, as one upheld the Karnataka HC judgement,
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Supreme Court Hijab Verdict |Hijab Signifies Religion Or Passion? | Hijab Ban | India TV LIVE
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