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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Rushda Fathima Khan

‘Targeted harassment’: Muslim girls in India denounce hijab ban

Protest in Udupi district attended by the six girls who first protested against the hijab ban [Al Jazeera]

Bengaluru, India – For four days a group of 28 Muslim girls stood in protest in front of the Junior Pre-University college in the Karnataka state after they were denied entry for wearing hijab – an issue that has snowballed to other colleges in the southern state.

On Monday morning Farheen (name changed) and her friends were allowed to enter the premises of the college located in the coastal town of Kundapur in Udupi district, but they were in for a shock after college authorities did not allow them to sit in their respective classrooms with other students.

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