Muslim girls have been wearing hijab to school in several schools across the country for quite a while. It has hardly been an issue until now.Schools themselves did not think it created a conflict with the uniform. In fact in several schools the hijab was in the color of uniform
By raising this issue now the opportunity is created for Hindutva groups/Govt to force schools into taking a stand. This will further alienate the Muslim community and importantly, put their own girls in a difficult situation. Educating the Muslim women is the best chance we have
of solving issues of fundamentalism within the community and ensuring their greater social integration.Hatred should not be allowed to trump common sense.The choice of wearing a hijab must be left to Muslim girls,not her parents,not the State, not religious preachers. #HijabBan
I wore Vibuthi on my forehead every day to the Christian school where I studied. No one ever asked me to remove it or said it was not part of the uniform. Since the Court has not banned the hijab if it is part of the uniform,schools must consider adding it as an optional
part of the uniform. This is not about whether it is an essential religious practice. It may be just a custom. If a cloth on the head violates a uniform will students or teachers who wear ghoonghat over their heads be asked to remove them? Will tilak or vibuthi now be deemed
a violation of school uniform?A Pandora's box has been opened.Beyond what is right and what is wrong there is no reason for a State not to be magnanimous. To say openly that,though it is not part of religious practice,schools may allow students who wish to wear hijab to do so
The State is not asking schools to ban the Hijab either but they can surely take a stand openly.There will be many who disagree with me.But hurting the sentiments of a community for no good reason is unjustifiable.Putting children through any form of mental trauma and uncertainty
is just wrong. There are some battles that are best won by not winning.#HijabVerdict #Hijab (PS:I refer only to the head covering as hijab and not the full face veil which must be banned in schools and public places as it already is in many Islamic countries)
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