Hyderabad, Aug. 26 -- AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has strongly criticised the Allahabad High Court's order, dismissing a petition filed by a minor student of a school in Prayagraj, seeking permission to wear a Hijab additionally along with the prescribed school uniform.

Addressing the grand Jalsa-e-Rahmatul-lil-Alameen gathering held at the party headquarters in Darussalam on Tuesday, Owaisi termed the judgement an "attack on Islam". He suggested that the High Court should not have delivered such an order when the Sabarimala case is pending before the apex court, which is dealing with essentiality in a religion.

The AIMIM chief said, "A judgment came from the Allahabad High Court. A girl was wearing a hijab to school, and the Court...