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News18
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Karnataka Professor Allegedly Urges Female Students To Wear Hijab On Field Trip, Probe Underway
The incident, involving around 20 female students, occurred on June 19 during an educational tour focusing on Muslim heritage sites. Abdul Majid, an assistant professor in the Department of History and Archaeology at the Central University of Karnataka in Kalaburagi, is undergoing an internal inquiry due to allegations that he insisted female students wear a hijab during a university field trip. The incident, involving around 20 female students, occurred on June 19 during an educational tour focusing on Muslim heritage sites. University registrar RR Biradar confirmed to News18 that a formal complaint was received on July 26. The Hyderabad-based Legal Rights Protection Forum submitted the complaint to the university's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Battu Satyanarayana. Students reported that Professor Majid urged them to wear a hijab before entering certain locations, including a mosque. No student has come forward publicly or privately, reportedly fearing retaliation, but the university has promptly initiated an investigation. Biradar stated, 'An inquiry committee has been formed and the investigation is underway at the moment," adding that 'action will be taken if the professor is found guilty, although the extent of the action is undetermined." This is the first such incident at the university. As of now, Professor Abdul Majid has not provided any statement, reasoning, or justification regarding the alleged insistence. The university's internal committee will continue its investigation, and subsequent actions will be based on the findings. view comments First Published: July 30, 2025, 15:34 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
India Today
3 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Karnataka professor faces inquiry as girl students allege hijab forced during trip
An Assistant Professor at the Central University of Karnataka in Kalaburagi has been accused of pressuring female students to wear the hijab during a field trip, prompting the university to initiate an internal inquiry into the accused, Abdul Majid, teaches in the Department of History and Archaeology and had organised educational tours across Kalaburagi and Bidar districts. According to student complaints, the visits primarily focused on sites associated with the Muslim community, and the professor allegedly insisted that female students wear the hijab while participating in these Legal Rights Protection Forum, a Hyderabad-based organisation, filed a formal complaint with the university's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Battu Satyanarayana. In its memorandum, the forum urged the university to take appropriate disciplinary action against Professor Majid. Confirming the incident, Rudragowda Patil, Registrar of the University, said, 'On 26th July 2025, I have received one complaint from A Santosh, General Secretary, Legal Rights Protection Forum, Hyderabad, saying that Assistant Professor Abdul Majid, Department of History and Archaeology, Central University of Karnataka, has forced some of the students to wear hijab and visited the mosque and all. So therefore, that complaint was given by Santosh and as per the university rules and regulations, we will appoint an inquiry committee. And as per the inquiry committee recommendations, we will take the action.'The university has since constituted an internal committee to investigate the allegations.- Ends IN THIS STORY#Karnataka
The Hindu
09-07-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Contested Childhoods wins award
The book Contested Childhoods: Caste and Education in Kerala, penned by Divya Kannan has won the best book prize for 2024 on the history of children. The award was given by the Society for the History of Children and Youth. Ms. Kannan is currently an Assistant Professor in Department of History and Archaeology, Shiv Nadar-University Delhi-NCR. She did her BA History at Lady Shri Ram College (University of Delhi), and her post graduation and PhD at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Contested Childhoods is based on her doctoral dissertation. She is the daughter of economist K.P. Kannan and Shobhana Kannan.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
4,000-year-old stone-lined burial discovered in Morocco
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Archaeologists in Tangier, just south of the Strait of Gibraltar, have discovered three ancient cemeteries, including a stone burial dating to around 4,000 years ago. In addition, the team found a number of rock shelters painted with rock art and standing stones that may have marked territories. The ancient cemeteries show a "rich mosaic of burial traditions," the researchers wrote in a study published Tuesday (May 13) in the journal African Archaeological Review. The archaeological sites are located in the Tangier Peninsula of Morocco. How long the region has been inhabited, and how the lives of people changed over time, is a source of debate among scholars. Researchers note that there has been little archaeological work examining its burial customs and ancient landscape. "It is a sad reality that the later prehistoric funerary and ritual landscapes of North Africa west of Egypt remain, despite extensive investigation over the past 200 years, the least widely known and understood in the Mediterranean region," the researchers wrote in the study. During their investigation of the northwestern Tangier Peninsula, the archaeologists looked for sites dating from 3000 to 500 B.C. They found three cemeteries, some of which have "cist burials," which consist of a hole cut into the rock, with stone slabs that were sometimes used to cover and mark it. Cutting into the rock is difficult, and "their construction likely required a significant time and effort investment," study first author Hamza Benattia, a doctoral student in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Barcelona who led the archaeological team, told Live Science in an email. The team radiocarbon dated human bones from one of the cist burials, which revealed that the tomb was constructed around 2000 B.C. This is the first time that a radiocarbon date has been obtained for a cist burial in northwest Africa, the team wrote in the paper. The team found about a dozen shelters with rock art on their walls. The art includes a wide variety of geometric designs that feature squares, dots and wavy lines. They also include anthropomorphic, or humanlike figures that may depict people or deities. At some rock shelters, circular engravings that archaeologists call "cup marks" were found on the walls. These cup marks are sometimes arranged in designs, including circles and parallel lines. Image 1 of 2 The rock art scene here is known as a "bi-triangular" and consists of eight opposed triangles, one over the other. The colors have been enhanced with computer software. Image 2 of 2 The rock art seen here has a variety of geometric patterns, which have been enhanced with digital software. A few "remarkable" drawings show "eight opposed triangles one over the other, known regionally as 'bi-triangulars,'" the team wrote in the study. Similar drawings have been found in Iberia, and "they have often been interpreted as anthropomorphic figures, sometimes specifically as feminine representations," Benattia said. Another interesting form of rock art the team found depicts squares with dots and lines inside; similar rock art has been found in the Sahara Desert, the team noted in their paper. RELATED STORIES —Northwestern Morocco was inhabited long before the Phoenicians arrived, 4,200-year-old settlement reveals —Remains of 5,000-year-old farming society as large as ancient Troy discovered in Morocco —90,000-year-old human footprints found on a Moroccan beach are some of the oldest and best preserved in the world At both the cemeteries and rock art sites, archaeologists found the remains of standing stones that stood pointing up toward the sky. A few sites had several standing stones clustered together in the same spot. These stones vary in size, with one of the largest standing more than 8.2 feet (2.5 meters) tall. "Standing stones have widely been seen as territorial markers in prehistoric times" Benattia said, noting that they "may also have functioned as sites of aggregation and ritual activity." The findings suggest that the "ritual landscapes of the Tangier Peninsula are far more complex and widespread than previously assumed," the team wrote in the study, "with their closest parallels in late prehistoric southern Iberia and the Sahara."
