The Karnataka High Court has imposed a temporary ban on the wearing of all religious symbols in schoolsBengaluru: Hazra Shifa, a student from Karnataka’s Udupi and one of the petitioners in the hijab ban case, has alleged that her brother was attacked by a mob of right-wing supporters, linking the violence to her decision to continue to wear a hijab. Her brother, Saif, was attacked at Bismillah hotel in Malpe, a port in Udupi district, at around 9 pm Monday night.”My brother was brutally attacked by a mob. Just because I continue to stand for My #Hijab which is MY RIGHT. Our property were ruined as well. Why?? Can’t I demand my right? Who will be their next victim? I demand action to be taken against the Sangh Parivar goons,” she tweeted at midnight, tagging the Udupi police.My brother was brutally attacked by a mob. Just because I continue to stand for My #Hijab which is MY RIGHT. Our property were ruined as well. Why?? Can’t I demand my right? Who will be their next victim? I demand action to be taken against the Sangh Parivar goons. @UdupiPolice— Hazra Shifa (@hazra_shifa) February 21, 2022The protests against Hijabs (headscarf) in Karnataka started late last year when school students were prevented from wearing it. It has since sparked protests and counter-demonstrations involving saffron scarves that have spread to other states as well.In an attempt to calm tensions, Karnataka’s state government had temporarily closed schools but they have gradually opened since.Through an interim order, the Karnataka High Court has imposed a temporary ban on the wearing of all religious symbols in schools while it considers the headscarf ban.The state government, defending its orders banning headscarves in classrooms, has told the Karnataka high court that wearing the hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam and preventing it does not violate the constitutional guarantee of religious freedom.
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