'This is affecting my education. I have exams tomorrow and I'm not sure whether I would be given permission to attend classes,' 18-year-old student Hiba Sheik told TRT World
the petitions filed by Muslim girls in Udupi, who had sought the right to wear hijab in classrooms.
Aliya Assadi, a 17-year-old who studies in a Pre-University college in Udipi and one of the petitioners of the hijab row controversy, feels disheartened by the court's ruling. In September, a petition claimed discrimination by teachers after the college authorities issued guidelines for uniform civil code. In January, the girls protested and filed a petition in Karnataka High Court challenging their college’s decision.
Sheik has since been harassed by right-wingers who also filed a First Hand Information Report ' against her. She has even received death threats through messages.
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