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BENGALURU: Amid crisis related to wearing of hijab in classrooms, a college in Bengaluru asked a Sikh girl to remove her turban here in accordance with the February 10 High Court’s interim order.
According to the interim order by the Karnataka High court, students should “refrain from wearing saffron shawls, scarfs, hijab, religious flags, or the likes within the classroom until further orders” in institutes that have “prescribed the student dress code/uniforms”,
Citing the interim order, the college politely asked Muslim as well as Sikh students to abide by the rules. The 17-year-old Sikh girl — who was asked subsequently to take off her turban — refused to do so.
The family of the girl argues and said that “the order does not mention anything about the Sikh turban.” The school authorities informed the father of the Sikh girl about the situation and her family informed the college that she would not take off her turban and they would seek a legal opinion on the issue.
The incident comes after the Karnataka High Court heard the petition filed by six students against not being allowed to wear hijab within college premises. Soon after that, students started protesting against and in favour of the decision.
The authorities are now crossing their fingers over the turn of events on Thursday, as the sensitive issue could spread more and to other colleges as well in the state capital.
