{"id":262532,"date":"2022-05-25T09:29:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T04:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=262532"},"modified":"2022-05-25T09:29:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T04:29:02","slug":"world-boxing-champion-nikhat-zareen-criticises-hijab-ban-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/world-boxing-champion-nikhat-zareen-criticises-hijab-ban-2\/","title":{"rendered":"World boxing champion Nikhat Zareen criticises hijab ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> New Delhi<br \/>\nWorld boxing champion Nikhat Zareen, spoke on the hijab ban in Karnataka\u2019s educational institutions, saying that a person\u2019s attire was completely their choice.<br \/>\nShe said that if girls wanted to wear hijab and follow their religion, it was completely up to them.<br \/>\n\u201cI don\u2019t have any problem with them wearing hijabs. After all, it\u2019s their own choice. I am okay with that,\u201d Zareen was quoted as saying by media.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is totally their own choice. I can\u2019t comment on their choices. I have my own choice. I like to wear such clothes. I don\u2019t mind wearing such clothes. My family doesn\u2019t mind me wearing such clothes. So, I don\u2019t care what people say about me,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nNikhat Zareen won the gold medal in the 52kg category at the Women\u2019s World Championship with a unanimous decision win over Jitpong Jutamas of Thailand in the fly-weight final in Istanbul on Thursday.<br \/>\nMuslim students in Karnataka have been protesting the ban on hijab in educational institutions, saying the Islamophobic move of the Karnataka government violates their religious freedom guaranteed under India\u2019s constitution.<br \/>\nMuslim students, activists, and Opposition leaders across the country alleged that these attacks on Muslim symbols and practices are part of the larger Hindutva agenda of imposing majoritarian values on the country\u2019s 200 million Muslims.<br \/>\nThe Karnataka High Court had also upheld the ban in March this year, saying that wearing hijabs was not essential under Islam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi World boxing champion Nikhat Zareen, spoke on the hijab ban in Karnataka\u2019s educational institutions, saying that a person\u2019s attire was completely their choice. 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