Mysuru College Cancels Uniform Rule To Allow Hijab-Wearing Students Attend Classes

At a time when several schools and colleges in Karnataka are turning away, Muslim girl students and even teachers for wearing hijab and burqa on the campus, an educational institute in Mysuru is taking a different approach.

According to a report in The Times of India, a private college in Mysuru city has cancelled its uniform rule to allow Muslim students to attend classes with the hijab.

It is the first college in the state to take such a decision.

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¡°Four students refused to attend classes without the hijab and were protesting,¡± DK Srinivasa Murthy, DDPU, Mysuru, told The Times of India. ¡°Some organisations extended support to them. I visited the college today and held discussions with all. Meanwhile, the college announced that it is cancelling its uniform rule to allow the students to attend classes,¡± he added.

58 students suspended

Meanwhile, at least 58 female students from the Government Pre-University College of Shiralakoppa in Karnataka's Shivamogga district were suspended on Saturday for wearing hijab and also staging an agitation demanding that they should be allowed to attend classes.

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Although the college management, development committee tried to explain to the hijab-clad students the interim order of the High Court, they did not listen and pressed for wearing of hijab, according to the principal.

Hence, they were suspended from the college temporarily. The enraged students got into arguments with college authorities, leading to an intervention by the police to disperse them.

College shut indefinitely

Vijay Para-Medical College in Belagavi has declared a holiday for an indefinite period due to the protests, students of the SJVP College in Harihara boycotted classes after being denied entry to classrooms for hearing hijab.

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Hijab-clad students also gathered in the playground of the Ballary Saraladevi College after they were turned out from classes. They refused to speak to the police and in turn asked not to be disturbed.

In Kodagu, hijab-clad students staged a protest holding placards before the gate of the college.

FIR against students

On Friday, the Principal of Empress College of Tumakuru lodged a complaint against 15 to 20 students for violating prohibitory orders and demanding their right to wear hijab and attend classes.

Some students, who came to attend classes with saffron shawls protesting against Muslim students wearing hijab, were also denied entry and sent back in Nandhghad College of Khanapura in Belagavi district.

The Karnataka High Court had last week banned all kinds of religious symbols on campuses until it gives a final order on the ongoing row over Hijab.

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