CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING: India Attacks Muslim Women’s Right To Wear The Hijab
Under intense Islamophobic pressure from the Hindu extremists, the Indian state of Karnataka has moved to ban the wearing of hijab by Muslim girl students at educational institutions, denying them their fundamental and Constitutionally guaranteed rights.
Join this Congressional briefing to hear from students activists and lawyers from the ground in Karnataka as well as scholars, activists from the US and the UK.”
Speakers
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Aamna Kausar (Youth Leader)
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Amina Kausar (Indian American Muslim Activist)
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Mohammad Niyaz S. (Attorney For Muslim Petitioners)
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Sumaiya Zama(Scholar-Activist Columbia University)