BENGALURU
\nThree Muslim students in India were kicked out of the classroom after they went to college wearing headscarves.
\n\u201cWhen we arrived at the door of the classroom, the teacher said we cannot enter with the hijab,\u201d one of the students told Al Jazeera.
\n\u201cShe asked us to remove it.\u201d
\nA government-run women\u2019s college in Udupi district of India\u2019s Karnataka state in the south has forced a group of six Muslim students to sit outside the classroom because the college administration alleges they are \u201cdefying the rules\u201d since hijab is not part of the uniform.
\nThe girls told Al Jazeera the hijab is \u201cpart of their faith\u201d and wearing it is \u201ctheir right guaranteed under the law\u201d.
\nThe college administration has done their best to pressurise them but the girls have maintained a defiant stance.
\nSince December 31, the hijabi girls are being marked absent from their classes even after attending college daily.
\n\u201cWe are not going to budge, no way,\u201d Aliya Assadi, who is a part of the group, told Al Jazeera.
\nA photo has gone viral on social media of the students clad in hijab and college dresses sitting on the steps outside their classroom.
\n\u201cIt is because of this photo that our issue got highlighted in the media,\u201d said Assadi.
\nTheir protest has raged up the college administration which, according to the group, forced them to write a letter accepting they missed the classes by staying home on their own.
\n\u201cWe tried to refuse but the principal and the teachers threatened us that they would ruin our careers,\u201d Muskan Zainab, another student, told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BENGALURU Three Muslim students in India were kicked out of the classroom after they went to college wearing headscarves. \u201cWhen we arrived at the door of the classroom, the teacher said we cannot enter with the hijab,\u201d one of the students told Al Jazeera. \u201cShe asked us to remove it.\u201d A government-run women\u2019s college in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-239571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n