New Delhi: It was reported that the Indian court upheld on Tuesday a ban on wearing the hijab in classrooms in the southern state of Karnataka. The ruling could set a precedent for the rest of the country which has a big Muslim minority. The ban last month by the state had sparked protests by some Muslim students and parents, and counter-protests by Hindu students. “We are of the considered opinion that wearing of hijab by Muslim women does not form a part of essential religious practice in the Islamic faith,” Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi of the High Court of Karnataka said in the verdict.
