Muslim organisations in the State have reacted sharply to the Karnataka High Court order that upheld a government ban on hijab (headscarf) in classrooms saying it does not form a part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith.
The Samastha Kerala Sunni Students’ Federation, the students’ wing of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, said on Tuesday that the order violated Constitutional rights. Hijab is not the name of any particular dress.
Whichever cloth that covers body parts except the face and front arm can be termed a hijab, said SKSSF president Panakkad Syed Hameedali Shihab Thangal and general secretary Rasheed Faizi Vellayikode. Thus, the Karnataka High Court order is a violation of women’s Constitutional rights and a breach of “God’s laws”.
