Muslim Girls urges Karnataka HC to allow wearing hijab on Fridays and Ramzan

They claimed banning Hijab amounted to banning the holy Quran. The High Court, in its interim order pending consideration of all petitions related to the hijab row, last week restrained all the students from wearing saffron shawls, scarves, hijab and any religious flag within the classroom.

"Poor Muslim girls are suffering because of restriction on wearing Hijab. I request the court to pass an order allowing girls to wear Hijab on Friday, which is Jumma day for the



Muslim, and during the holy month of Ramzan," counsel Vinod Kulkarni, appearing on behalf of the Muslim girls, said before the full bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice J M Khazi and Justice Krishna S Dixit.

Kulkarni contended there was a "mass hysteria" in the country due to the Hijab issue. He said Hijab was "not against health or morality".

According to him, banning Hijab amounted to banning the holy Quran.