Authorities in southern India ordered schools to shut on Tuesday as protests intensified over a ban on Islamic headscarves that has outraged Muslim students.
An Indian Muslim woman shouts slogans during a protest against barring Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in southern India.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai appealed for calm after announcing all high schools in the state would be closed for three days. Campuses have seen escalating confrontations between Muslim students condemning the ban and Hindu pupils that say their classmates have disrupted their education.
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