Kerala govt defends hijab as a ‘right to secular education’: The uniform debate returns to India’s classrooms
In Kerala, a dispute over a school uniform has once again placed the hijab at the intersection of education, rights, and institutional autonomy. On Friday, the state government told the Kerala High Court that denying a Muslim girl permission to wear her headscarf (hijab) to school amounted to an “invasion” of privacy, dignity, and a…