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Hindu students protest against burqa-wearing Muslims on campus in southern India




By Rama Lakshmi September 2 at 5:50 AM
wearing saffron-colored scarves to the classroom in a college in the southern state of Karnataka in protest against the hijab and burqas that Muslim students are allowed to wear on campus.


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  • 99 Saffron, or deep orange, is considered to be an auspicious color in Hinduism and is also the color that members of many Hindu nationalist groups in India use in their flags, bandanas and scarves to assert their religious identity.

It all started last week when a pharmacy college in the southern city of Mangalore banned its first-year female students from wearing the hijab or burqa and the male students from sporting long beards on campus.

Almost immediately, the Muslim student group Campus Front of India beganprotesting the ban, saying the Indian constitution allows them the right to practice their religion.

Groups of burqa-clad students pressed against the gate of the college, shouting slogans and holding placards saying: “We are not silent, we want justice.” Some parents of students joined the protests against the ban as well.

The college responded by ending the ban — angering many Hindu students in the region.

Since Monday, some Hindu students have begun wearing orange scarves to college in the small town of Bellare.

Across Indian campuses, Hindu nationalist student groups have been on the rise since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party came to power two years ago.

B.V. Seetaram, the editor of a local newspaper, Karavali Ale, called it “a tug-of-war” on campuses.

"It is an attempt by both sides to push college managements into a corner. Both sides want to assert their religious identity and muscle power through their attire,'' Seetaram told news portal Firstpost.com on Friday.

Tensions between Hindus and Muslims have been on the rise in Karnataka state in recent years. Conservative Hindu and Muslim groups in the region have opposed romantic relationships between the two religions and have also been against women going to bars in recent years.

A noted writer who attacked Hindu orthodoxy was killed last year by unidentified men. Investigations are still ongoing.

Muslims constitute over 12 percent of the state's population, India's census says.

Source: Washington Post
 
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this terrorism invoked nationalism and religousim hence provided the reason to every secular, so-called, country to become simply a non secular in their dealings and secular in their claims.
what a paradox simply bring this so called cynism , nationalism and religiousim.
 
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Ahh modis Hindu nationalism is coming into light.
 
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It would help not to be quoting the same from an "Islamic republic". Creates a egg in the face kind of situtation.. wouldnt you say...
We don't claim to be a secular state. Get the picture?
 
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this was posted yesterday but deleted by the mods.
 
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Why can't these people leave their religion where it belongs i.e at home or at their local mosque? The burqa is not cultural, only religious and nothing else, and daft reasoning by many who bring the issue of 'modesty' into the discussion is... well... daft. The women who claim that they 'choose to wear tents' just don't know better and need a quick reality check. Why some people choose to dress like ninjas in school/college, is beyond my understanding.
 
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Ahh modis Hindu nationalism is coming into light.
No offence but your post reeks of stupidity. I will break it down into simple pictures for you.

It would have been Hindu nationalism if Hindu students start coming like this.
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But they are coming like these.
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And some Muslim parents are sending their kids like this below.
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May be it is Islamism that is taking root instead of Hindu fascism.
 
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Their is a reason why schools have uniform to have a sense of equality n treat everyone same.

campuses should ban such nonsense its a place to study ,keep your religion in your fkin home.
 
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if you are not a secular state then ou dont have any moral authority to question one where minorities are thriving under Hindu majority.

You have no idea what you're talking about. Pakistanis have a god given right to question anything related to islam; it doesn't matter whether it's India or Timbuktu.
 
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You have no idea what you're talking about. Pakistanis have a god given right to question anything related to islam; it doesn't matter whether it's India or Timbuktu.

Just like you lot have God gien right to question anything on Pakistan, be it her politics, education, media or military. You folks come like leeches on every Pakistani website and spill your trash. From PDF to Dawn to Express Tribune to everywhere. Why can't you guys mind your own effing business and stay away for once? We nether like you, not want your ugly presence near us.

Stay away!

On topic: I can see life of Indian Muslims getting tougher everyday. May Allah help them.
 
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Just like you lot have God gien right to question anything on Pakistan, be it her politics, education, media or military. You folks come like leeches on every Pakistani website and spill your trash. From PDF to Dawn to Express Tribune to everywhere. Why can't you guys mind your own effing business and stay away for once? We nether like you, not want your ugly presence near us.

You bring India into every darn thread, forum and topic, and then as usual, expect a one-sided discussion like you're used to in your own country? Thankfully it's 2016, where one doesn't ever have to set foot in your nation to be able to get ones point across. Get over your ugly selves and grow up, will ya?


On topic: I can see life of Indian Muslims getting tougher everyday. May Allah help them.

You see what you want to see. Nobody can help a frog in a disgusting little well! Cheers
 
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