Lucknow, Aug. 25 -- Muslim Clerics have Tuesday criticised the Allahabad High Court's order, dismissing a petition filed by a minor student of a school in Prayagraj, who had sought permission to wear a Hijab additionally along with the prescribed school dress code.

The court observed that the petitioner failed to present any religious scriptures or material to prove that wearing a scarf is an "essential" part of her religion, without which her faith would be affected. The court also noted that in the photographs, other students from the same religious community were seen not wearing scarves.

Islamic Centre of India Chairman Maulana Khalid Rasheed asserted that Hijab was an integral part of their religion and girls should be allowed to w...