After Malala, Manchester United Paul Pogba reacts to Karnataka hijab row, claims harassment of Muslim girls in India
Paul Pogba shared a 57-second-long video featuring a group of girls being targeted by a mob in his recent Instagram story along with the caption, “Hindutva mobs continue to harass Muslim girls wearing hijab to college in India”.
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French footballer and Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is the latest celebrity to jump into the Karnataka hijab controversy. Pogba shared a 57-second-long video featuring a group of girls being targeted by a mob in his recent Instagram story along with the caption, “Hindutva mobs continue to harass Muslim girls wearing hijab to college in India”.
Notably, Pogba is the second international celebrity to comment on this issue after Malala Yousufzai expressed her concerns and urged leaders to stop marginalizing Muslim women. The Nobel Peace Prize winner said, “Refusing to let girls go to school in their hijabs is horrifying. Objectification of women persists – for wearing less or more. Indian leaders must stop the marginalization of Muslim women.”
The hijab protests began on February 4 at the Government Girls PU college in the Udupi district of the state when some students alleged that they had been barred from attending classes. During the protests, some students were allegedly denied entry to college wearing hijab by Muslim women earlier this month.
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Following the protests, a three-day holiday from February 9 has been declared in all the universities under the Department of Higher Education and colleges under the department of Collegiate and Technical Education (DCTE). Meanwhile, Karnataka students’ plea challenging the Karnataka government’s rule on dress code is schools and colleges will be mentioned before the Supreme Court of India for urgent hearing. The top court had refused to list this plea urgently on Thursday evening.
The three-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court which heard the Hijab issue on Thursday urged students to not insist on wearing any cloth which can instigate people on campuses of educational institutions till the matter is resolved. “We will pass an order. Let the schools and colleges start. But till the matter is resolved, no student should insist on wearing religious dress,” Justice CJ Awasthi of the Karnataka High Court noted.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai also said that outside elements should not provoke people and lead to law and order problems while urging people to observe self-restraint. “Let us not speak anything about the dress code that would disturb peace in schools and colleges. Let us impose self-restraint to maintain peace and harmony,” Bommai said.
