Muslim women have led protests across India for their right to wear the hijab.
Bangalore:
The state’s Karwar-based Ramakrishna Ashram has defended a lawyer representing Muslim students in the case, saying the deadly controversy surrounding the hijab in Karnataka’s schools and colleges is “unnecessary and not in the interest of peace and harmony”.
Senior advocate Devdutt Kamat, who has been targeted by right-wing commentators for citing Islamic scriptures to protect students fighting for the right to wear the hijab in schools and colleges, has done no harm to Hinduism, said the ashram’s The top priest has said in one. Statement.
“There is an unnecessary discussion going on about the dress code of Muslim girls in schools/colleges, and, I am sad to see a raging controversy in this regard at various levels of the society. It is certainly not in good taste, and In the interest of peace and harmony in the society,” Swami Bhaveshanand said.
“I am deeply pained to see that the name of Shri Devdutt Kamat, Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court, is being dragged into this controversy just because he represented one of the parties in the Court as an advocate,” he said.
“Some elements are trying to brand him as supporting a cause against Hinduism. This notion is absolutely unwarranted and baseless. An advocate representing a client in the court has to do with his duty and duty to his client. Justice has to be done. It is a professional duty. And responsibility. It cannot be branded as a cause against Hinduism,” Swami Bhaveshanand said.
Pujari lauded the advocate’s antecedents as a “devout follower of Sri Ramakrishna Vivekananda philosophy”, calling the attacks on Sri Kamat “unjust and well-planned baseless propaganda which is being carried out by some unscrupulous elements”.
Arguing for students in the state’s Udupi who have been asked not to wear hijab in schools and colleges, Mr Kamat had told the Karnataka High Court on Thursday that religious headscarves were part of their culture, which cannot be imposed. Can.
Kamat said, “Our fundamental right has been held hostage to the college development committee. The government order states that the prohibition of headscarf is not violative of Article 25. The GO (government order) is not as simple as the state government says. Is.”
He also cited Quranic verses that said it was mandatory for women to cover their heads in front of anyone other than close family members.
The controversy over the hijab in Karnataka began in late December when hijab-wearing Muslim students at a government college in Udupi faced protests, which have since become so fierce that the state government has to continue classes 11 and 12 till Wednesday. Schools as well as colleges had to be closed.
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