CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -In 2004, the French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools banned most religious signs, including the hijab, from public primary and secondary schools in France.

Detailed explanation-2: -In several countries in Europe, meanwhile, the adherence to the hijab has led to political controversies and proposals for a legal ban. Laws have been passed in France and Belgium to ban face-covering clothing, popularly described as the “burqa ban", although it does not only apply to the hijab.

Detailed explanation-3: -In line with France’s laws on laïcité (secularism) it is forbidden to wear overt symbols of religion – including the Muslim headscarf – in government buildings, including schools and universities (with the exception of visitors).

Detailed explanation-4: -NEW DELHI: The Muslim side on Thursday told the Supreme Court that a girl student can be barred from wearing a miniskirt to an educational institution, but not a hijab, by applying the restrictions of public order, decency and morality to the freedom of expression under Article 19(2) of the Constitution.