Editing Hijab (section)

==== India ====
{{See also|Karnataka hijab controversy}}
In India, Muslim women are allowed to wear the hijab and/or [[burqa]] anytime, anywhere.<ref name="thestar1">{{Cite news |last=Sheikh Saaliq |date=8 February 2022 |title=In India, wearing hijab bars some Muslim students from class |work=Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/asia/2022/02/08/in-india-wearing-hijab-bars-some-muslim-students-from-class.html }}</ref><ref name="BBC larger bench">{{Cite news |date=10 February 2022 |title=Karnataka hijab row: Judge refers issue to larger bench |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-60312864 }}</ref><ref name="csm">{{Cite news |date=8 February 2022 |title=Religious identity, rights in focus as Indian schools ban hijab |work=Christian Science Monitor |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2022/0208/Religious-identity-rights-in-focus-as-Indian-schools-ban-hijab }}</ref> However, in January 2022, a number of colleges in the South Indian state of [[Karnataka]] stopped female students wearing the hijab from entering the campus, following which the state government issued a circular banning 'religious clothes' in educational institutions where [[school uniform|uniforms]] are prescribed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/karnatakas-hijab-row-fragile-regimes-latest-assault-right-choice-160646|title=Karnataka's hijab row: A fragile regime's latest assault on right to choice|website=The News Minute}}</ref> On 15 March 2022, the Karnataka High Court, in a verdict, upheld the hijab ban in educational institutions where uniforms are prescribed, arguing that the practice is non-essential in Islam.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-60300009|title=Hijab ban: Karnataka high court upholds government order on headscarves|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> The hijab ban was condemned inside India and abroad by officials in countries including the [[United States]], [[Bahrain]] and [[Pakistan]], as well as by [[Human Rights Watch]], and by figures like [[Malala Yousafzai]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ganguly |first1=Meenakshi |title=India's Hijab Debate Fueled by Divisive Communal Politics |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/02/15/indias-hijab-debate-fueled-divisive-communal-politics |access-date=2022-08-25 |work=Human Rights Watch |date=2022-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=((Special Correspondent)) |title=Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai comments on hijab controversy in Karnataka |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/nobel-laureate-malala-yousafzai-comments-on-hijab-controversy-in-karnataka/article38400512.ece |access-date=2022-08-25 |work=The Hindu |date=2022-02-09}}</ref>

A study published by human rights body [[People's Union for Civil Liberties]] reported that the move to ban hijab has widened the social divide and increased fear among Muslims in Karnataka.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roy |first1=Taniya |title='Very Frightening' to Enter Campus Alone: Muslim Students Recount Hijab Ban's Impact |url=https://thewire.in/rights/very-frightening-to-enter-campus-alone-muslim-students-recount-hijab-bans-impact |access-date=2022-09-15 |work=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]] |date=2022-09-12}}</ref>