Quran Sharif Focused On Education, Not Hijab: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Mumbai: Amid ongoing hijab controversy, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Quran Sharif is focused on education and not hijab.

He said that Quran Sharif focuses on education, not hijab, it is important to understand what is more important – education or hijab. The CM further said that the biggest responsibility of Muslims in education. Also Read: Wear Hijab In Madrassas, Not In Educational Institutions: Pragya Thakur

This statement of the CM of Assam has come amid the ongoing controversy regarding Hijab in Karnataka.

Meanwhile, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told the state assembly that his government would abide by the High Court’s interim order on the hijab controversy. Also Read: All Schools Are Running Properly: K’taka Education Minister Amid Hijab Row

The chief minister was responding to Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah, who sought clarification from Higher Education Minister CN Ashwath Narayan on yesterday’s statement during Zero Hour that the dress code applies to pre-university colleges and not degree colleges.

As protests for and against the hijab intensified in different parts of Karnataka and turned violent in some places following which the state government declared a holiday for all high schools and colleges in the state for three days, from February 9, and it was subsequently extended up to February 16 for colleges.

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