{"id":189598,"date":"2025-12-05T19:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=189598"},"modified":"2025-12-05T19:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:56:12","slug":"maharashtra-college-bans-burqa-niqab-muslim-students-stage-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/12\/05\/maharashtra-college-bans-burqa-niqab-muslim-students-stage-protest.html","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra college bans burqa, niqab; Muslim students stage protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-189599\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/12\/17-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"436\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/12\/17-1.jpg 436w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/12\/17-1-390x195.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mumbai: The debate over burqa bans in educational institutions has resurfaced in Maharashtra. Recently, a college in Chembur, Mumbai, prohibited students from entering the campus wearing burqas and niqabs, and a similar move has now been reported in Goregaon.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Vivek Vidyalaya Junior College in Goregaon issued a notification declaring burqas and niqabs strictly prohibited. The notice stated that students are not allowed to wear any attire that signifies their religious identity on campus.<\/p>\n<p>The notification sparked protests by Muslim students outside the institute\u2019s premises, who demanded the immediate withdrawal of the directive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: The debate over burqa bans in educational institutions has resurfaced in Maharashtra. Recently, a college in Chembur, Mumbai, prohibited students from entering the campus wearing burqas and niqabs, and a similar move has now been reported in Goregaon. According to Kashmir Media Service, Vivek Vidyalaya Junior College in Goregaon issued a notification declaring burqas &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":189599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189598","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\/12\/17-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189598","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=189598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189600,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189598\/revisions\/189600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}