Yashi Singh – Mumbai Uncensored, 2nd March 2022
With the highlight of the hijab row case, a reverse situation of what can be seen in one of the medical colleges of Bangladesh known as Ad-din Sakina medical college.
The college has made it mandatory for its students to wear hijab irrespective of the religion they belong to. Bangladesh has already been facing a shrink in diversity in its demography with respect to the religions that exist there. There further has been a mass migration of religious minorities such as Hindus, Christians and Buddhists, one can further see that Ahmadis (who self-identify as Muslims) have also been subjected to various extremes groups for decades in Bangladesh.
This can be seen as the basis of the problem that has arisen in this particular medical college of Bangladesh. The Ad-din Sakina medical college in lawful and legal terms would be violating the Bangladesh Supreme court orders that were given on 4th October 2010 which was regarding force wearing any religious clothing against their will.
A similar hijab row started in Karnataka where students were prohibited from wearing Hijab, as it went against the uniform code that the educational institutions wanted. It soon spread throughout the country and witnessed mass protests and even killing in some extreme cases.
The nature of the response to both of these situations in India and Bangladesh were different. While no protests were seen in any form by the people of Bangladesh and also no strict actions were taken in order to curb the dress code violations made by the college, India saw much. The situation is reversed with respect to India’s hijab row case as people have protested and spoken against the ban of hijab in educational institutions throughout the country.
