Hijab is the principle of modesty in Islam and includes behaviour as well as dress for both males and females. Hijab is an Arabic word meaning barrier or partition. In Islam, however, it has a broader ...

Nabeela Shaikh was 30 when she started wearing the hijab. She was the last of three sisters to take to it. The eldest, Muzna, first wore it when she was eight, inspired by a cousin. She would then ...

Karnataka's hijab controversy has become a political issue. Along with this, people's curiosity about 'hijab' has also increased, what is it and how are niqab and burqa different from it. For the ...

Seeking to end the hijab (headscarf) controversy in education institutions in Karnataka that has begun taking political colour, the state government on Saturday ordered banning wearing clothes which ...

How do you sit in a classroom with people who shouted slogans against your right to wear a hijab? That's the question troubling Saima, whose name has been changed on request. Last week, the ...

The ban on the hijab in schools and colleges of Karnataka has resulted in a huge uproar and protests in the state. The state government has invoked Section 133 (2) of the Karnataka Education Act 1983, ...

Amid the Hijab row in Karnataka, the government on Thursday decided to resume classes for high school students from next week, even as Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai stated the High Court has said ...