The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has expressed unconditional solidarity with the Muslim girl students of Karnataka, in the context of the recent issue around Hijab or veil as religious identity.
The girls were subjected to religious discrimination, segregation and Hindutva intolerance within educational institutions, the note said, and recalled the “chilling” episode of saffron-clad mob targeting and chasing a lone Muslim girl student with the chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in Mandya.
An attack on freedoms and rights granted by the Constitution, it is yet another indicator of the repugnant politics of Hindutva forces.
