Shaheen Bagh earned popularity in 2019-2020 when thousands of people from all walks of life had collected for over 100 days to protest against the Centre’s Citizenship Amendment Act
FP Staff February 10, 2022 11:46:41 IST
Muslim women participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in of Karnataka, in New Delhi. AP
The Karnataka hijab row seems to only be growing further with now protests at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi.
Earlier, the protests were localised only to Karnataka’s Udupi area, but it has now spread and ripples of the controversy can be felt as far as Puducherry, Madhya Pradesh and even the National Capital.
Here’s the latest on the hijab row.
Protests at Shaheen Bagh
On Wednesday, Muslims of Shaheen Bagh took to the streets in a protest against the hijab diktat in government pre-university colleges in Karnataka.
Visuals showed women holding placards demanding justice, as people chanted “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is the greatest) and raised slogans of “Inquilaab Zindabad” (Long live the revolution).