A state in south india has reopened some schools on Monday which had been closed following protests last the week over female students are not allowed to wear the hijab, or head- burkas up to the toes, in to classify.
the issue widely seen by the Muslim minority of India community in order to have him ostracized by the authorities in a predominantly Hindu nation, comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prepares for elections in key states.
Police stood guard as students in pink uniforms, about a dozen wearing hijabs, walked into a government girls’ school where issue first flared in District of Karnataka State of Udupi, about 400 kilometers (248 miles) from the tech hub of Bengaluru.
Authorities have banned gatherings of more more than five people within 200 meters (650 feet) of educational institutions in the areawho started grades from elementary to high school, although higher grades and colleges are always shut.
the move came after a state court, which has set an audience of the question for On Monday, students were told not to wear any religious attire, ranging from saffron shawls to scarves or hijabs, in classrooms until further notice.
“Whether wearing of hijab in class is part of essential religious practice of Islam in the light of constitutional guarantees need further scrutiny,” the court said. in a temporary order last the week.
the issue came to light following protests last week after some schools refused students entry wearing clothes, deemed soiled of an order from February 5 on uniforms by the state, which is led by Modi’s BJP.
the party drawn son support mainly from the majority Hindu community which forms around 80% of india population of about 1.4 billion, while Muslims make up for about 13%.
Ayesha Imthiaz, a student in Udupi, said it was humiliating to be asked to take off hijab before class.
She felt that her “religion had been questioned and insulted by a place that I had considered a temple of education,” she told Reuters. on the weekend.
A official in the coastal district of Udupi, Pradeep Kurudekar S., told reporters authorities would wait for other court orders or government repeat all classes.
the issue assisted expressions of support for muslim girls and women the United States government and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai.
