‘Karnataka should not determine the permission of religious clothing’ Reacting to the ongoing hijab line in Karnataka, the International Religious Freedom (IRF) office on Friday said that the prohibition of headscarves “violated religious freedom and mattation and marginalized women and women.”
In a tweet, the US Ambassador to Irf Rashad Hussain said, “Religious freedom includes the ability to choose someone’s religious clothes,” Add Sykarnataka should not determine the permission of religious clothing. In the temporary order yesterday, the Karnataka High Court held students from wearing a turmeric scarf, headscarves, religious flags or liked in the classroom.
“Whether wearing a veil in class is part of the practice of important Islamic religion in the light of constitutional assurance, requiring a deeper examination,” said Bench Three Judges After the legal and order situation, the state government has ordered the closure of educational institutions on February 8, 2022.
High schools in Karnataka will be reopened on February 14, while colleges that come under the Department of Higher Education and the Department of College and Technical Education will be reopened on February 17.
The statement by the ambassador came only for hours after the External Minister of the Ministers, S. Jaisankar, met with the State Secretary Antony Blinken at the fourth quad minister meeting in Melbourne.
The International Religious Freedom Office is the Government Agency A.S., which monitors “violations motivated, harassment, and discrimination throughout the world”
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