hijab ban

A middle school student wearing a hijab raises her hand during an Islamic ethics class at the Averroes school, France's biggest Muslim educational institution that has lost its state funding on grounds of administrative failures and questionable teaching practises, in Lille, France, March 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ardee Napolitano
Europe

Muslim schools caught up in France's fight against Islamism

President Emmanuel Macron has undertaken a crackdown on what he calls Islamist separatism and radical Islam in France following deadly jihadist attacks in recent years by foreign and homegrown...

A woman wearing a hijab walks at Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, May 2, 2021. Picture taken on May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
World+Biz

Journalist challenges rule banning hijab in French press card photos

Photo: AFP
Sports

Top French court upholds ban on wearing hijab during football games

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a mannequin wearing an hijab headscarf at a market in the Brussels district of Molenbeek, Belgium, August 14, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Europe

Employers may need to justify bans on wearing religious signs, EU court says

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a mannequin wearing an hijab headscarf at a market in the Brussels district of Molenbeek, Belgium, August 14, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Europe

EU top court rules hijab ban is OK if part of general restriction

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a mannequin wearing an hijab headscarf at a market in the Brussels district of Molenbeek, Belgium, August 14, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Europe

General headscarf ban at work is OK, Europe's top court says

FILE PHOTO: Hijab-wearing students arrive to attend classes as a policewoman stands guard outside a government girls school after the recent hijab ban, in Udupi town in the southern state of Karnataka, India, February 16, 2022. REUTERS/Sunil Kataria/File Photo
South Asia

Hindu hardliners seek wider India ban on hijab in class after court verdict

Women hold placards during a protest, organised by Hum Bhartiya, against the recent hijab ban in few colleges of Karnataka state, on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
South Asia

Karnataka HC's hijab ban verdict challenged in Supreme Court

An FIR has been filed by the police against the protesters. However, nobody has been arrested so far. Photo :Collected
South Asia

Karnataka HC verdict a bad judgment, hijab essential to Islam: Advocate AM Dhar

An FIR has been filed by the police against the protesters. However, nobody has been arrested so far. Photo :Collected
South Asia

Hijab row: Karnataka govt tells HC there's no ban, but headscarf not compulsory

Priyanka Chaturvedi leader also sought intervention from the Union ministry of electronics and information and technology. Photo: Collected
South Asia

Hijab row: BJP tweets personal details of petitioners, Sena MP lashes out

The Karnataka hijab ban goes against the religious freedom granted in the Indian Constitution. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

The ever-turning wheels of Islamophobia in Modi’s India

A Muslim student prepares a banner before taking part in a protest against the recent hijab ban in few colleges of Karnataka state, at Aliah University in Kolkata, India, February 9, 2022. Photo: Reuters
South Asia

Indian students block roads as row over hijab in schools mounts