A Rs 5 lakh prize has been announced by Jamiat for a hijab-wearing student who confronted youngsters singing 'Jai Shri Ram.'
On Tuesday, amid the height of the rallies over the hijab ban in Karnataka colleges, one photograph stuck out. In Mandya, a hijab-wearing schoolgirl stood up to a bunch of lads wearing saffron shawls. When the lads mocked her for wearing a headscarf, the female student challenged them. Later, the girl student claimed that "outsiders" were to fault for causing difficulties and that her classmates and administrators at Mandya's PES College had backed her. Now, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, one of the country's largest Islamic organisations, has declared a Rs 5 lakh prize for the girl student who sang 'Allah-u-Akbar' while wearing the hijab at a Karnataka college. The Jamiat stated in a tweet that Bibi Muskan Khan had stood up for her constitutional and religious rights despite fierce demonstrations. In the midst of continuous violent protests against the hijab ban in Karnataka colleges, the extreme Islamic organisation Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has sparked outrage by offering...