Rushda Fathima Khan

The dis­pute high­lights the grow­ing mar­gin­al­i­sa­tion of Mus­lims, as ac­tivists say the ban vi­o­lates re­li­gious free­dom.

Vi­su­als of Mus­lim girls be­ing shut out­side col­lege gates in Kar­nata­ka state for wear­ing the hi­jab have led to out­rage.

A group of Mus­lim stu­dents at a gov­ern­ment col­lege in Kar­nata­ka has been forced to sit out­side the class­room for weeks.