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College principal Rudre Gowda who justified the decision said that the headscarves would make it difficult to identify the girls
The rigid stand of a government college in Udupi against hijab has forced eight Muslim students to stay out of their classes for more than three weeks.
Initially, six girls of Government Pre-University College in Udupi had insisted on wearing their religious headscarf in classes. Two of their classmates joined them later.
However, the college authorities remained adamant about denying entry to students wearing hijab to classes.
The matter came to light on December 31 when the hijab-clad girls were allowed entry only to the campus but not the classrooms. Three weeks later, they are still spending their class hours in the corridors copying notes from their classmates.
“We have been going to our college each day with the hope that we would be allowed to attend classes, but end up spending the day on the campus trying to collect notes from our friends,” one of the eight students, who declined to be named, narrated the plight to The Telegraph on Tuesday
“We are only requesting permission to wear hijab, which is an emotion, our identity and our fundamental right,”...