Act against students’ ‘intimidation’ for Attire: 5 IIMB faculty to NCW

Protests in opposition to the hijab ban in some colleges and faculties in Karnataka, had been held in UP, Maharashtra, Bihar and Delhi, amongst different locations throughout the nation, on Friday.

Aligarh Muslim College college students marched in protest on the campus, declaring solidarity with the Muslim ladies denied entry to some instructional establishments in Karnataka for carrying the hijab. Protesters carried placards resembling ‘hijab is our proper’ and ‘our ladies, our pleasure,’ and ‘ban in opposition to Structure.’ AMU spokesman Shafey Kidwai mentioned permission was not granted for the march.

Protests had been held in Chennai, Mumbai, Prayagraj, Patna and Pune. In Malegaon, a whole bunch of Muslim ladies gathered in Pawarwadi on the decision of the Jamiat-e-Ulema-e Hind and supported by some others. The police booked 4 organisers of Jamiat Ulema e Hind for violating prohibitory orders beneath Part 144.

5 school members of IIMB urged the Nationwide Fee for Girls to take suo moto cognisance of studies of intimidation of Muslim ladies college students for his or her non secular apparel. “Girls throughout all religions face patriarchal restrictions of 1 sort or the opposite. Definitely, we can’t condone such practices and should work with males, ladies, and non secular leaders to result in change. However to single out one non secular follow is just not acceptable,” their letter to NCW mentioned.

“Proof globally and from India reveals schooling is the simplest instrument for lady empowerment and broader social growth. The environment of worry and intimidation will make mother and father hesitate to ship daughters to colleges and faculties,” the letter addressed to NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma mentioned.

College students of Azim Premji College urged chief minister Basavaraj Bommai to cease “harassment of scholars by mobs and guarantee a optimistic and protected atmosphere” in colleges and faculties. “Your complete scholar group throughout the nation is eyeing you with hope and optimism,” college students mentioned within the letter, and added that they stood in solidarity with college students harassed by mobs and denied schooling primarily based on their apparel. The AIMIM staged a protest in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh. Protesters marched from Abul Fazal Enclave to Shahid Bilal Mosque, whereas the All India College students Affiliation held a protest exterior Karnataka Bhavan.