Austria’s under-14 headscarf ban faces first test as schools reopenAustria’s headscarf ban for girls under 14 faces its first test as schools reopen, with the country’s main Muslim organisation planning a c...
07 Sep, 2026, 02.51 PM IST
Headscarf not an essential part of Islam: Allahabad HC rejects student’s plea to wear hijab with school uniformAllahabad High Court has dismissed a minor student’s plea seeking permission to wear a hijab with her school uniform, saying she failed to ...
25 Aug, 2026, 04.09 PM IST
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai visits her hometown in Pakistan for the first time since 2012 Taliban attackNobel laureate Malala Yousafzai returned to her ancestral village in Swat after thirteen years, marking a deeply significant homecoming. Sh...
07 Mar, 2025, 01.29 PM IST
Taliban deputy tells leader there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girlsSher Abbas Stanikzai, a senior Taliban official, has publicly called on the group's leadership to lift bans on education for Afghan women a...
19 Jan, 2025, 12.58 PM IST
Malala Yousafzai tells Muslim leaders not to 'legitimise' TalibanMalala Yousafzai called upon Muslim leaders to reject the Afghan Taliban government and to demonstrate true leadership by opposing restrict...
12 Jan, 2025, 02.17 PM IST
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to visit native Pakistan for girls' summitNobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai will attend a summit on girls' education hosted by her native Pakistan, where she was nearly ki...
10 Jan, 2025, 01.11 PM IST
Activists and AIMPLB seek speedy decision on hijab banLast month, advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, who appeared in the Supreme Court on behalf of girls challenging the HC verdict had told the court that...
14 Oct, 2022, 12.35 AM IST
Interfaith panel to 'counter misinformation', says Mukhtar Abbas NaqviMukhtar Abbas Naqvi alleged that the hijab controversy was created to stall education of Muslim girls. "Our ministry records show that over...
18 Feb, 2022, 12.11 AM IST
'Ghettoisation': Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi jumps into India's hijab row"Depriving Muslim girls of an education is a grave violation of fundamental human rights. To deny anyone this fundamental right & terrorise...
09 Feb, 2022, 08.22 PM IST
Hijab row: Those unwilling to follow uniform dress code can explore other options, says Minister"Just as rules are followed in the military, the same is to be done here (in educational institutions) as well. Options are open for those ...
06 Feb, 2022, 09.01 PM IST
Hijab controversy may persist despite Karnataka's ban on clothes disturbing social harmonyThe hijab row has also taken a political colour, as the ruling BJP has stood strongly in support of uniform-related rules being enforced by...
06 Feb, 2022, 01.16 PM IST
'Hijab' row takes political colour in KarnatakaThe issue that initially began in January at a government PU College in Udupi where six students who attended classes wearing headscarves i...
05 Feb, 2022, 06.29 PM IST
Country robbing future of daughters: Rahul Gandhi comes in support of hijab-wearing students"Ma Saraswati gives knowledge to all. She doesn't differentiate. #SaraswatiPuja," Gandhi said on Twitter.
05 Feb, 2022, 02.18 PM IST
Swaminathan Aiyar's open letter tells Owaisi what to do to bring Muslims on par with others in education"Many critics say Muslims are backward because they rely on low-quality madrassa education, so the solution is madrassa reform. Sorry, but ...
30 Aug, 2020, 10.45 AM IST
Haj subsidy withdrawal: What about funds given for Hindu pilgrimages? asks OwaisiAIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi today claimed the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh gave funds for pilgrimages, and wanted to know if that w...
16 Jan, 2018, 10.51 PM IST
Student population rises 30 per cent, Muslims beat national averageAn increase is also seen in other religious persuasions, which mainly comprise tribal communities and faiths with fewer adherents like Pars...
10 Jun, 2016, 11.59 AM IST
HRD ministry's report on facilities for Muslim students to give boost to BJP’s Assam election campaignAn HRD ministry report on the assessment of facilities available for primary schools in Muslim predominated areas is all set to provide a b...
31 Mar, 2016, 05.21 AM IST