Hijab Not Essential To Islam, Karnataka Tells Court
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The Advocate General also contended that the February 5 order of the state government was in accordance with the law and there was nothing to object in it.
Hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam and preventing its use does not violate the constitutional guarantee of religious freedom, the Karnataka government contended before the high court on Friday.
"We have taken a stand that wearing hijab is not an essential religious part of Islam," Advocate General of Karnataka Prabhuling Navadgi told the full bench of the High Court comprising Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice JM Khazi and Justice Krishna M Dixit.
The Advocate General also contended that the February 5 order of the state government was in accordance with the law and there was nothing to object in it.
However, he admitted that the portion prescribing clothes "in consonance with unity and equality" could been worded better.
