Iran Press/ Asia: The interior minister of the southern Indian state of Karnataka last week announced the decision by state officials to ban hijab in schools and universities, saying the decision was made to keep religion out of education.
Hundreds of women in burqas staged a protest march in Budgam to express solidarity with Karnataka's female students over the hijab ban, Iran Press reported on Sunday.
Kashmiri women chanted slogans calling for the repeal of the hijab ban, saying that anyone who wanted to steal women's identities would be destroyed.
Officials in the Indian state of Karnataka have extended the closure of all universities in the state for another two days following student protests against the hijab ban.
Authorities in the Udupi region of the Indian state of Karnataka have issued a curfew around high schools and universities from Monday to February 19.
The Karnataka Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the hijab case by Monday.
About 200 million of India's 1.4 billion people are Muslim.
The government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has imposed severe restrictions on Muslims in recent years.
The Indian government's policy of repressing and abusing the rights of Muslims in the country has led extremist Hindus to carry out deadly acts against Muslims under the auspices of the ruling extremist and nationalist BJP party.
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