A college in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district has banned students from donning any attire that could be attributed to religion amid a raging controversy in Karnataka over restrictions imposed on Muslim girls wearing the hijab (a headscarf) to educational institutions.
The directives came days after students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) held a protest march on the campus to extend support to their peers in the southern state demanding their right to wear the hijab.
They were seen carrying posters and raising slogans as they marched within the campus. Statement describing the ban on hijab as an assault on their fundamental right.
Meanwhile, in Karnataka, several Muslim students have continued to resist the ban on their entry in pre-university colleges for wearing the hijab after the government reopened the educational institutions.
A hearing on the issue is underway at the Karnataka high court. In its interim order, the court had last week restrained the students from wearing any religious attire to educational institutions until a final verdict is given.
