Man Utd Footballer Paul Pogba Flags Hijab Protests On Instagram
NDTV
Paul Pogba isn't the first international figure to draw attention to the hijab protests; on Wednesday Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai called the protests "horrifying"
Protests in Karnataka over college students being denied the right to wear a hijab were flagged Thursday by Manchester United footballer Paul Pogba, who shared an Instagram story - "Hindutva mobs continue to harass Muslim girls wearing Hijab to college in India".
Pogba, a French national whose mother is Muslim and who became practicing Islam in 2019, shared a 58-second reel originally posted by the London-based _islamismydeen_ Instagram handle.
The clip beings with a massive crowd of boys and men wearing (or waving) saffron scarves and surrounding a small group of young girls wearing hijabs. The mob, which numbers several dozen male individuals at least, can be heard shouting and chanting as the dust rises from the scuffle.
A few other men seem to be holding hands to form a protective barrier around the girls, and there seem to be only two police personnel in sight.
