The ministry’s statement comes a day after the US Ambassador-at-Large to the IRF said that Karnataka should not prescribe the permission for religious clothing.
Following the US Office of International Religious Freedom (IRF) statement On the Karnataka hijab row, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on February 12, that motivated comments on India’s internal issues are not welcome.
In a statement on Twitter, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi, referring to the ongoing case in the Karnataka High Court, said, “Our constitutional framework and machinery, as well as our democratic ethos and politics, are the contexts in which issues are discussed and resolved. is done.”
“Those who know India well will have a fair understanding of these realities,” he said.
Statement of the Ministry A statement by the US Ambassador-at-Large to the IRF said that Karnataka should not stipulate the permission for religious clothing.
Ambassador-at-Large Rashad Hussein said on Friday, “The ban on hijab in schools is a violation of religious freedom and stigmatizes and marginalizes women and girls.”
On February 11, the Karnataka High Court had issued an interim order prohibiting students from wearing saffron shawls, hijabs, and religious flags or similar within classrooms, regardless of religion.
The three-judge bench had said, “Whether wearing the hijab in class in the light of constitutional guarantees is a part of the essential religious practice of Islam, needs a thorough examination.”
The ensuing law and order situation in the state had forced the government to shut down the educational institutions on February 8, 2022.
Schools in the state are scheduled to open from February 14, while colleges will reopen from February 17.
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