- Title: MOMENT: Female student in hijab takes on jeering crowd in southern India
- Date: 9th February 2022
- Summary: MANDYA, KARNATAKA, INDIA (FEBRUARY 8, 2022) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI - No use India) MUSLIM STUDENT WEARING HIJAB, MUSKAN KHAN, YELLING AS CROWD CHANTS PRO-HINDU SLOGAN "JAI SHREE RAM" (GLORY TO LORD RAMA), CROWD HEADING IN HER DIRECTION KHAN YELLING ISLAMIC PHRASE "ALLAHU AKBAR" WITH CROWD IN DISTANCE KHAN BEING ESCORTED AS CROWD GETS CLOSER KHAN ENTERING BUILDING COLLEGE STAFF TALKING TO CHANTING CROWD
- Embargoed: 23rd February 2022 11:26
- Keywords: India Karnataka Muskan Khan Muslims ban college education hijab women
- Location: MANDYA, INDIA
- City: MANDYA, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001FXYAWCN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A lone Muslim student wearing a hijab took on a crowd shouting Hindu slogans in her direction on Tuesday (February 8) in India's southern Karnataka state.
Muskan Khan yelled "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) after passing the crowd yelling the slogan "Jai Shree Ram" (Glory to Lord Rama) as they showed their support for a hijab ban, footage from Reuters TV partner ANI showed.
The state ordered schools and colleges to shut for three days on Tuesday after protests erupted in response to some schools refusing entry to students wearing the hijab.
Local media reported last week that several schools in the coastal city of Udupi had denied entry to Muslim girls wearing the hijab citing an education ministry order, prompting protests from parents and students.
Tensions have frayed further in recent days in Udupi and elsewhere in majority Hindu Karnataka as students with saffron shawls - typically worn by Hindus - thronged into classrooms to show their support of their schools' hijab ban. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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