{"id":185601,"date":"2025-10-14T10:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T05:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=185601"},"modified":"2025-10-14T10:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T05:04:13","slug":"in-islamophobic-act-in-kerala-muslim-student-barred-from-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/10\/14\/in-islamophobic-act-in-kerala-muslim-student-barred-from-classes.html","title":{"rendered":"In Islamophobic act in Kerala, Muslim student barred from classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-185604\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/6-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/6-2.jpg 614w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/6-2-365x220.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kochi: In a fresh Islamophobic act in India, a Muslim student wearing a hijab was denied entry to class at St. Rita\u2019s School in Palluruthy, Kochi, Kerala, triggering widespread backlash and forcing the authorities to close the institution for two days.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the school announced that it would remain closed on Monday and Tuesday following a Parent-Teacher Association meeting aimed at easing tensions. The dispute began after the student\u2019s parents insisted that their daughter be allowed to attend classes while wearing a hijab.<\/p>\n<p>The student\u2019s father lodged formal complaints with the Chief Minister and the Education Minister, alleging that his daughter was subjected to mental harassment over her choice of attire. School authorities, however, maintained that the student had violated the prescribed uniform policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kochi: In a fresh Islamophobic act in India, a Muslim student wearing a hijab was denied entry to class at St. Rita\u2019s School in Palluruthy, Kochi, Kerala, triggering widespread backlash and forcing the authorities to close the institution for two days. According to Kashmir Media Service, the school announced that it would remain closed on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":185604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/6-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185601"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185606,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185601\/revisions\/185606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}