Karnataka Pupil Alleges Brother Attacked, Hyperlinks Violence To Hijab Row
The Karnataka Prime Courtroom has imposed a short lived ban at the dressed in of all spiritual symbols in colleges
Bengaluru:
Hazra Shifa, a pupil from Karnataka’s Udupi and one of the most petitioners within the hijab ban case, has alleged that her brother used to be attacked by way of a mob of right-wing supporters, linking the violence to her choice to proceed to put on a hijab.
Her brother, Saif, used to be attacked at Bismillah resort in Malpe, a port in Udupi district, at round nine pm Monday evening.
“My brother used to be brutally attacked by way of a mob. Simply because I proceed to face for My #Hijab which is MY RIGHT. Our belongings have been ruined as smartly. Why?? Cannot I call for my correct? Who can be their subsequent sufferer? I call for motion to be taken towards the Sangh Parivar goons,” she tweeted in the dead of night, tagging the Udupi police.
My brother used to be brutally attacked by way of a mob. Simply because I proceed to face for My #Hijab which is MY RIGHT. Our belongings have been ruined as smartly. Why?? Cannot I call for my correct? Who can be their subsequent sufferer? I call for motion to be taken towards the Sangh Parivar goons. @UdupiPolice
— Hazra Shifa (@hazra_shifa) February 21, 2022
The protests towards Hijabs (headband) in Karnataka began past due closing yr when faculty scholars have been averted from dressed in it. It has since sparked protests and counter-demonstrations involving saffron scarves that experience unfold to different states as smartly.
In an try to calm tensions, Karnataka’s state govt had quickly closed colleges however they’ve step by step opened since.
Thru an meantime order, the Karnataka Prime Courtroom has imposed a short lived ban at the dressed in of all spiritual symbols in colleges whilst it considers the scarf ban.
The state govt, protecting its orders banning headscarves in study rooms, has advised the Karnataka prime court docket that dressed in the hijab isn’t an very important spiritual follow of Islam and fighting it does now not violate the constitutional ensure of spiritual freedom.
