Hijab Row Reaches UP As Aligarh College Bans Entry Of Students Not In 'Prescribed Uniform'
The directives come two days after a group of students wearing saffron scarves held a protest in the campus, demanding ban of 'hijab' in the college premises.
What started as a protest in a small college in Udupi, Karnataka last month after a group of students began wearing Hijab seems to be spreading across the country.
Even as the Karnataka High Court is continuing to deliberate on whether Muslim students can wear Hijabs to colleges and schools, more educational institutions are banning it.
A college in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh is the latest to do so.
Reuters
While it doesn't say that hijab has been banned, the Dharma Samaj College in Aligarh has issued a notice, banning entry of students without the prescribed uniform.
The directives come two days after a group of students wearing saffron scarves held a protest in the campus, demanding ban of 'hijab' in the college premises.
What the principal said
The principal of the college, Dr Raj Kumar Verma, said, in view of the college discipline, the administration has issued a notice in this regard.
"We will not allow students' entry in the premises with covered faces, as some students were recently spotted wearing hijab and burqa in the campus," he said.
He further said that saffron scarves will also not be allowed inside the college.
Reuters
Earlier this week, a post-graduate government college in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh had banned students from wearing hijabs within the college premises.
¡°All the admitted students/girls in the college are informed that they will not be allowed to enter the college in clothes belonging to any particular community or other special dress like hijab etc. All students should enter this temple of education in a decent dress,¡± principal DR Rahul said in the order.
The college had seen protests by some students after two Muslim girls came to the campus wearing hijabs.
Today in Datia,Madhya Pradesh,
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people of Hindu organization raised slogans of 'Jai Shri Ram' in front of Muslim girls wearing hijab-burqa in PG College.
After which the college administration banned from wearing a burqa to the college. #HijabRow #Hindutva pic.twitter.com/FNJTgikckc
Last week, the Kasturi Devi College in Chaksu near Jaipur, Rajasthan had stopped some students from entering the campus after they wore burqas.
According to the college authorities, there was no ban on Muslim students wearing Hijabs, but they took action after some girls began wearing burqas on the premises for the first time.
AFP
Last week, Haryana Home Minister, Anil Vij had said that ¡°a person, who doesn¡¯t want to follow the dress code of school or college, should stay at home¡±.
Meanwhile, in Karnataka, the Principal of Empress College of Tumakuru lodged an FIR against 15 to 20 students for violating prohibitory orders and coming to colleges wearing hijab, which the High Court had banned till it comes up with a verdict in the ongoing case.
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