NB Twitter Scan | Hijab row reaches Mumbai! Burqa-Clad muslim students denied entry to Chembur's Acharya College
One of the students said they were ready to remove the burqa once they entered college and were apprehensive about removing it outside the gate. The security guard at the gate said the college principal instructed him to tell burqa-clad students to remove the garment before entering.
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It seems like the Hijab row which was earlier started in Karnataka in 2022, now the controversy has been raising its head in Mahaashtra's Mumbai district. This incident came to light after a video of it went viral on social media.
As per the reports, a group of hijab-clad Muslim students allegedly tried to enter Chembur’s Acharya College college and were denied entry to the premises by authorities on Wednesday. The students alleged they were instructed to remove the burqa to be allowed to enter the college.
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Videos of the students standing outside the gate of NG Acharya & DK Marathe College in Chembur made rounds on social media on Wednesday. In the videos, students wearing college uniforms can be seen entering the college as the burqa-clad students were denied entry.
Breaking | Acharya College in Mumbai stops Muslim girls from entering premises wearing naqab. Ruckus erupts outside College in Chembur as buqua clad girls stand ground outside the gate in vociferous protest. pic.twitter.com/itsW0O8i2G
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One of the students said they were ready to remove the burqa once they entered college and were apprehensive about removing it outside the gate. The security guard at the gate said the college principal instructed him to tell burqa-clad students to remove the garment before entering.
The incident bore resemblance to the 2022 Karnataka hijab row, when hijab-clad Muslim students of a junior college in Udupi were denied entry stating that wearing hijab to the institute was in violation of its college uniform policy.
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