When turbans are allowed on school and college campuses, or sacred ash on the forehead, can one ban the hijab? asks T N Ninan.

It is not your columnist's purpose to stray into territory where others will be better informed.

Rather, it is to shift the focus of debate to what should be society's priority: Women's education, and their participation in the workplace.

 

By T.N. NInan

https://www.rediff.com/news/column/t-n-ninan-muslim-women-and-the-hijab-debate/20220315.htm