2023-04-25 14:06:45
Karnataka state board exam topper Tabsum Shaikh said it is a secular country. I should be allowed to wear hijab and get my education.
New Delhi, April 25:
Controversy hit the headlines after Muslim girls were banned from wearing hijab in colleges in Karnataka. But today, a hijab-loving Muslim student in the same Karnataka has topped the state board exam to prove that the controversy over hijab was futile. . In a chat with India Today, Tabsum Shaikh opened up about the hijab controversy and said, “I didn’t want to give up the hijab. It’s part of my identity. It was an injustice…
It may be noted that Tabsum Shaikh, daughter of a hardware engineer and a housewife and a student of a private Pre-University City (NMKRV), Bangalore. 18-year-old Tabsum Shaikh scored 98.83%, 593 out of 600 marks. Also got top rank in arts stream.
Asked by India Today about the impact of the hijab ban on her education, Tabsum Shaikh said it was a period of uncertainty. I was very confused and depressed because hijab is an integral part of my identity and also a part of my religion. I have been wearing hijab since I was five years old. So, it was very difficult for me to give it up and I didn’t want to. He added that it is a secular country. I should be allowed to wear hijab and get my education. So this decision felt very unfair and unjust.
“When the verdict came, my parents encouraged me to obey the orders,” he said. I didn’t go to college for two weeks because I was so confused about what I should do. But my parents said that if I succeed in getting an education, I can reach a point where I can prevent such injustices from happening in the future. So that was my main goal to continue going to college. Tabsum plans to pursue a master’s degree in clinical psychology. He said, “I am very interested in the subjects of sociology, political science, economics.” I am also very curious about psychology. That’s why I chose arts stream in Punjab University.
It should be noted that in Karnataka, Muslim female students are protesting against the ban on hijab in educational institutions. They say that the Karnataka government’s Islamophobic action is denying their religious freedom guaranteed under the Constitution of India. Muslim students, activists and opposition leaders across the country alleged that Muslim symbols and These attacks on practices are part of the Hindutva agenda of imposing majority values on the country’s Muslims.
In October last year, the Supreme Court of India had given a separate verdict on petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court’s March 15, 2022 judgment that required hijab in classrooms by Muslim girls studying in pre-university colleges in Udupi. A batch of applications seeking right to wear was dismissed. Justice Hemant Gupta had dismissed 26 appeals filed against the Karnataka High Court’s judgment which had held that the hijab was not a mandatory practice of Islam and had allowed a ban on headscarves in educational institutions in the state. .
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