The Karnataka Hijab Row has triggered a larger debate in India about rules for uniforms in college and school and the choice of freedom clothing with or without religious beliefs. Such debates are not new or limited to India. Many countries, especially in the Middle East, have rules for dressing, especially for women.
WHY DISCUSS HIJAB, BURQA
The line of Karnataka emerged from the opposition from a group of students who insisted on attending classes while wearing a headscarf or burqa. Their core of their power to wear certain dresses turned into protests against the order of February 5 issued by the Government of Karnataka The government’s order said that the headscarf for students while attending classes is not a violation of religious freedom that is guaranteed under the constitution.
The hijab is a traditional Islamic headscarf that covers the head and hair, but not face. The burqa covered the face, and the same garment can cover the whole body These clothes have recently become international headlines when the Taliban imposes legislators in Afghanistan, making headscarves, burqa, abaya (full long clothes) or niqab (clothing to cover faces) mandatory for women in public or meet men Outside the family.
TURKEY
The campaign against Hijab and Burqa are at least a century age. The biggest pants from discarding the limit of the dress guided by religious considerations is Kemal Pasha Ataturk from Turkey. Kemal Pasha dear is called the modern Turkish father Kemal Pasha eliminated the Caliphate of the Ottoman Empire and launched a series of reforms in the 1920s to make Turkey a modern country on the European path advanced.
In 1925, the Government of Kemal Pasha issued a cabinet decision that introduced the reform of clothing intended to remove the symbol of the overs for religious affiliates for civil servants He does not specifically issue regulations to dress women but encourage men and women to consider religious considerations in deciding what should be used His efforts saw almost the disappearance of the hijab and burqa in Turkey. The revival of the Islamic trend that brought Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the first ruling when the Turkish Prime Minister in 2003 and the President in 2014 saw the laws brought in 2013 to eliminate regulations on Kemal Pasha’s dress.
FRANCE
Erdogan’s easing of limitation on Islamic veils came when prohibiting the clothes be discussed throughout Europe. France became the first European country to ban Islamic veils through laws in 2010-11 after a sustainable campaign by Nicolas Sarkozy Government More than 1,500 people have been arrested in France since the enactment of the law for violating a prohibition of headscarves. Religious clothing, including the headscarf, has been banned in French schools since 2004. The law in France said “No one is allowed to wear public clothes that allow them to cover their faces”.
ELSEWHERE IN EUROPE
Swiss International Tourism Destination became the last country in Europe to ban Niqab, Islamic veil, last year In the Netherlands, if you cover your face with a veil, it attracts a 150 euro penalty (around Rs 13,000). This prohibition is not only in Niqab but also in the Burqa and the hijab.
In the UK, covering the face with a veil forbidden in schools and hospitals. Germany does not allow the face with a veil in school or by civil servants, including judges and soldiers. Sweden is legally prohibited from wearing clothes covering faces in school.
As soon as France imposed a ban on the Islamic veil, Belgium followed. Breaking the law of attracting prisons and seven-day penalty. Italy has no law to ban Islamic veils, but have a law since the 1970s that prohibits clothes that hide the user’s identity. Denmark, Bulgaria and Austria too, have banned cover clothes in public places. In Austria, the law specifically requires individuals to show their facial features from chin to the hairline.
INDIA
In India, what to wear and how to dress are matters of personal liberty and freedom guaranteed under the Constitution. The only restriction could be decency and public morality. But these are not defined either in the Constitution or the Indian Penal Code.
AND HIJAB DAY VERSUS NO HIJAB DAY
A New York woman, Nazma Khan, launched a campaign called Hijab Day on February 1 in 2013 to propagate headscarf-wearing among women. A counter-movement began from Canada and other places to mark a No Hijab Day on February 1