Sharan Kaur, Kashyapi Ghosh - Gender (in) Equality Team In the context of the recent controversy developing in various regions of Karnataka, the Home Minister, Araga Jnanendra, made a statement - “Religion should be kept away from education and students should neither come wearing hijab or saffron shawls to schools” - encouraging the ban over Muslim girls wearing hijab (headscarves) to educational facilities. The dispute is over the fact that recently Muslim students in Karna