Karnataka Hijab Row: After Malala, Manchester United Football Star Paul Pogba Stands In Solidarity With Muslim Students
As the Karnataka hijab row continues to intensify, Manchester United football player Paul Pogba has spoken up about the controversy on social media. The French football star shared a video from the Karnataka hijab row protests where the hijab-clad girls and saffron scarf clad protestors can be seen having a faceoff posted by another Instagram account on his stories. The video shared by Paul Pogba had a caption that slammed the ‘Hindutva mobs’ for heckling Muslim women. The Manchester United football star is the second international public figure to speak up on the matter after the human rights activist Malala Yousufzai.
Taking to Instagram stories Paul Pogba shared a video from the Karnataka hijab protest, shared by another Instagram handle with a caption that read, “Hindutva mobs continue to harass Muslim girls wearing hijab to college in India.” Earlier, Malala Yousufzai had reacted to the Karnataka hijab row and called it ‘horrifying’. The human rights activist had urged the leaders to ‘stop the marginalisation of Muslim women’.
Take look at this video shared by Paul Pogba.
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The Karnataka Hijab Row Update
The protests in the Karnataka hijab row have intensified as the case has reached the Supreme Court. After the High Court directed the students to not insist on wearing any religious clothing to educational institutes, that may ‘instigate people’ till the matter is resolved, an appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the order. The petition has been filed by a student and sought a stay on the High Court order as well as the ongoing proceeding that is taking place before the three-judge bench. The plea further adds that the High Court order is in violation of the fundamental right of Muslim women as it prevents them from wearing hijab.
Also Read: Malala Yousafzai Calls Out Indian Government Over Karnataka Hijab Row. Says, “Stop The Marginalisation Of Muslim Women.”
Considering the ongoing protests in the state, the Bengaluru police has issued prohibitory orders under section 144 of the CrPC to prevent any gathering, protests, agitation of any kind in a 200-metre radius from educational institutes in the city for two weeks.
