why has now wearing Hijab become such a serious issue
Before talking about this Hijab controversy, first, we have to know what the Hijab is and what it means in Muslim culture, and the purpose of wearing the Hijab. In simple words, we can say that Hijab is a blanket or a kind of cloth for women whose primary goal is to cover their head and chest.
They can wear these Hijab’s when they are going out of their houses or in front of men, which is part of their Islamic traditions. But there is no strict definition of Hijab or mention of wearing them, and it is up to your choice whether you prefer wearing Hijab or not. It is only a cultural or personal concept, not a religious point.
Now the question comes that if the Hijab is not mandatory, how does this controversy begin. So, last December, a teacher of a Government pre-government college in Udupi district, Karnataka, removed a group of Muslim girls from his class for wearing headscarves in his style.
After this case, those girls started protesting against that college, saying that there was no such law in the past, but last month they started kicking us out from classes by saying that the Hijab is not part of the dress.
After this happened, students began reading their lessons on the steps outside of the school, where they said that we believe that it is our rights and this is what we are fighting to get. They also posted their images and stories of protesting against this on social media, and they get viral on the internet.
A few days after this incident happened, some other schools started implementing similar bans for not wearing Hijab while studying in their schools and said that there are orders given by the education minatory of Karnataka.
The wire takes an interview of Mrs. Karuna Nundy’s lawyer, supreme court, where she answers the question – “do Muslim girls have the fundamental rights to wear hijab in their classrooms and schools .”
Where Mrs. Karuna replied yes, they do have the right to wear the Hijab in their classrooms or schools, and this statement came from the High court of Karnataka, where they said that wearing a Hijab is an essential religious practice. It is your own choice to wear Hijab in your classrooms or your schools.
Practice & dissemination of faith in religion. The Subject to public order, ethics, health, and the other necessities have come in its parts. It is also written in Article 25, where it is mentioned that everyone has the Freedom of conscience and free profession.
Every citizen is equally allowed Freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practice, and spread religion. She also said that some girls are restricted in this case because wearing the Hijab is not correct.
If we see what Article 14 states, we can see that it is purely mentioned. In that article, the Government shall not reject any person’s fairness or equality before the law or the equal protection of the rules and acts within the territory of India.
In that case, they are violating their actions the girls, in this case, do have the rights of article 14, and I don’t think so; if they have their rights, why are you restricting them to get their education.
But they show us that their rules are more important than our constitution; for them, they are just breaching two significant articles of our form.
If you want to make this happen that every student has to wear the same uniform, then firstly you have to make a law not only for any specific religion or any specific region.
But, for everyone in India and cover all possible aspects, because we have laws like Article 14 and 25, you don’t have any right to violate their rights. If I see from my side, it is not a topic of religion, and it is a topic of not giving their rights to them.
Published By – Pawan Rajput
Edited By – Mahi Gupta
