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Not essential to Islam: HC rejects UP student's plea to wear hijab in school

Not essential to Islam: Allahabad High Court dismisses UP student's petition to wear hijab with school uniform

by · India Today

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a Muslim student seeking permission to wear a hijab with her prescribed school uniform, observing that wearing a headscarf cannot be established as an essential religious practice of Islam.

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