In Kanpur, school bars niqab-wearing mothers from parent meeting sparking protests

Location: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

At New Vision School’s parents’ meeting, Muslim women wearing a niqab were denied entry to attend the event. The school management stopped them at the gate, asking them to remove their niqab, with the principal claiming that their faces needed to be visible for identification and that they were given prior notice. The action sparked protests from parents at the school entrance, with reports suggesting Local MLA Hasan Rumi intervened to calm the situation.

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