Kamal Haasan on Wednesday expressed shock over the incidents that unfolded in Karnataka on Tuesday. He also called on the “progressive forces” in the state to ensure it doesn’t spread to Tamil Nadu.“What’s happening in Karnataka is causing me distress. A poisonous wall of communalism is being raised among innocent students. What’s happening in our neighbouring state should not come to Tamil Nadu. It is time for all progressive forces to be more vigilant than before,” he wrote on his Twitter page.
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai took to Twitter to share her opinions and comments on the hijab controversy and said, “Refusing to let girls go to school in their hijabs is horrifying. Objectification of women persists — for wearing less or more. Indian leaders must stop the marginalisation of Muslim women.”Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai took to Twitter to share her opinions and comments on the hijab controversy that is going on in Karnataka. She said, “Refusing to let girls go to school in their hijabs is horrifying. Objectification of women persists — for wearing less or more. Indian leaders must stop the marginalisation of Muslim women.”He further alleged that Malala was running a radical Islamic jihadi agenda.The ongoing protests in Karnataka against allowing girls wearing Hijab to attend classes in government-run schools and colleges hit a all time low on Tuesday, with incidents of stone-pelting and lathicharge being reported in several districts.