Hijab Row Highlights: Some fanatics making it an issue, says Joshi on the hijab issue
Some fanatics making it an issue: Joshi on hijab row
Amid the simmering 'hijab' row in Karanataka, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday said everyone should follow the dress code in schools and alleged that some politicians and fanatics made it an issue.
Hijab issue: Filmmaker expresses pain, concern
Naveen Mohamedali, who directed the critically acclaimed Tamil film 'Moodar Koodam', on Tuesday expressed pain and concern at the intensifyinghijabdebate in Karnataka.
On Sunday, the director had made it clear in a couple of tweets that be it wearing the mangalsutra or thehijab, both were a decision for women to make.
"...My mother, who was born a Muslim, never wore a pardha. My wife who was born a Hindu refused to wear a mangalsutra.
"However, those were both their decisions. They were not compelled by anybody to make those decisions. Women must decide what they wish to wear. Be it father, husband or society, nobody has a right to order in this matter," he had said.
Now hijab row in MP, Minister says dress code only in schools
After the controversy over wearing a headscarf orhijabin schools escalated in Karnataka, a statement in this regard by a Minister has sparked controversy in Madhya Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh School Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar on Tuesday said thathijabwill not be allowed in schools in the state. "Students will be allowed only to wear dress code andhijabis not a part of dress code," Parmar said on Tuesday in Bhopal.
Parmar, while talking to media persons also said that he has directed the school education department to ensure that only dress code is allowed in schools in Madhya Pradesh.