It sparked a wave of anger in India .. Banning a video of a Muslim girl defying demonstrators and entering her university with a headscarf (video)
A video of a Muslim student wearing a headscarf being harassed by a Hindu far-right mob at a college in Karnataka has caused widespread outrage, amid protests against a headscarf ban in the southern state.
The video, circulating on social media, showed the young woman, Muskan Khan, surrounded by men wearing saffron scarves, as she arrived at her college in Mandia.
Muskan Khan was chanting "God is great" while the demonstrators were chasing her, before the university guards intervened to protect her.
Khan later told India's NDTV news channel, "I went to the university to submit important papers. They didn't let me in just because I was wearing a headscarf... 10% of the protesters were from college, but the rest were strangers."
She added, "After that, they started chanting hostile slogans, so I started screaming God is great," stressing that she will continue to fight for her right to wear the hijab.
The ban on headscarves angered Muslim students, who said it was an attack on their religion enshrined in India's secular constitution, while Hindu right-wing groups tried to prevent veiled Muslim women from entering educational institutions, causing societal tension.
The new “custodians” of an ancient culture … hope you'll invite them into your homes for a meal and to meet your children/families, make deep bonds between all.
In fact train your children to join them, not like politicians, sending their children abroad to Christian countries.
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— We're BACK n we're HUNGRY 🇮🇳 (@rockyandmayur) February 9, 2022
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