Class 12 Topper From Kashmir Sends Clear Message To Those Who Trolled Her For Not Wearing Hijab

Amid the Hijab row, a student in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar became a target of online trolling for not wearing a 'hijab' and also received death threats. While some congratulated Aroosa Parvaiz, who topped the Class 12 board exams for her massive feat, some criticised her for not wearing hijab.

Aroosa's reply to internet trolls

Replying to trolls, Parvaiz said she follows Islamic principles and doesn't need to wear a hijab to prove herself a good Muslim. "Wearing or not wearing hijab doesn't define one¡¯s belief in their religion. Maybe, I love Allah more than they (trolls) do. I'm a Muslim by heart not by hijab," said Parvaiz.

She further said that the vicious online attack has unsettled her family. "These comments do not matter to me, but my parents are undergoing trauma", she told reporters.

Jammu & Kashmir 12th class topper Aroosa Parvaiz responds to trolls who threatened her for not wearing a Hijab.

¡°I don't need to wear a hijab to prove myself a good Muslim."

This is my India. ??https://t.co/nCEPwp67tn pic.twitter.com/0PnkxngjC4

¡ª Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) February 12, 2022

However, disgruntled by her Facebook post without a hijab, one netizen said, "Our sisters r fighting for hijab in Karnataka and we so called Muslims in Kashmir r feeling proud to not have it."

Another said, "We Kashmiri feel ashamed when we see these girls. Our sisters in India are fighting for hijab but unfortunately, we have the right to wear but we are not obeying that right."

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According to the notification issued by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education on Tuesday, Aroosa who hails from Ellahibagh area of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, took the first position in the Science stream as well as overall (Science, Commerce and Home Science streams), scoring 499 marks out of 500.

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The hijab controversy

The hijab row had started towards the end of December last year when a few women students in Hijabs (headscarves) were denied entry to a government pre-university college in Udupi in Karnataka. As a counter, some Hindu students turned up wearing saffron scarves.

Karnataka High Court on Thursday, after hearing a petition challenging the ban on hijabs in educational institutions, passed an interim order, asking students not to wear 'religious things' till the disposal of the matter. The Supreme Court on Friday refused to urgently take up the Hijab matter, and said that it would protect the Constitutional rights of every citizen and take up cases at "appropriate time."

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Meanwhile, the Karnataka government has extended holiday for all universities under the Department of Higher Education and colleges under the Department of Collegiate and Technical Education (DCTE) till February 16 while pre-university colleges will remain shut till February 15.