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<p>Dear All,</p>
<p>The statement is now also available in Hindi and Kannada. If you
would like to read / endorse statement in these languages, visit
the statement on <b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://tinyurl.com/educators-hijab">https://tinyurl.com/educators-hijab</a>.</b></p>
<p>Request you to also circulate in your networks so we can get more
endorsements by Sunday night.</p>
<p>Thanks and regards,<br>
Marzia <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17/02/22 17:31, Guru wrote:<br>
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Dear all,<br>
<br>
As you know some colleges in coastal Karnataka have prevented
Muslim women from studying, if they wore the Hijab. The issue has
gotten worse - the High Court affirmed the ban in its interim
order (a continued violation of the fundamental rights of these
women). Still worse, the interim order is being wrongly used by
colleges, police and district administration across the state, to
prevent Muslim women and girls (<a
href="https://twitter.com/KeypadGuerilla/status/1493097774887276547"
moz-do-not-send="true">teachers also)</a> from attending
colleges and schools, unless they remove the Hijab, often in front
of the school/college gate. Such a 'ban' has spread to UP, MP etc.<br>
<br>
I am sharing a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://tinyurl.com/educators-hijab"> statement</a> from
the <a href="https://educationemergency.net/"
moz-do-not-send="true">National Coalition on the Education
Emergency</a> (NCEE) on this issue. It is open for endorsements
from educators and child rights activists from across the country.
(Feminists groups have <a
href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKodf_3tWc-e0l2KH60wCYqqpfEHe8yx8jikPfpiSiBtYqvw/viewform"
moz-do-not-send="true">issued a statement</a>, so have a group
of <a
href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSem49C2kE3ekicpRtKHaVYkfic15bXCmRQITa1KGMWWqcUsXA/viewform"
moz-do-not-send="true">lawyers</a>), this statement reflects
concerns pertaining to the right to education.<br>
<br>
I request you to endorse the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://tinyurl.com/educators-hijab">statement</a>
available on <b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://tinyurl.com/educators-hijab"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://tinyurl.com/educators-hijab</a>.
</b>I also request you to also share the <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://tinyurl.com/educators-hijab">link</a> with your
networks, so that <b>we can get as many endorsements as we can.</b>
We will close this process by Sunday night and release to media
on Monday. A small group will try to meet the Karnataka CM and
hand over the statement early next week. <br>
<br>
thanks and regards,<br>
Guru<br>
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Gurumurthy Kasinathan<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://educationemergency.net/"><br>
National Coalition on the Education Emergency</a><br>
9845437730<br>
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