Kasaragod: KM Haidar passes away at 78
Kasaragod: KM Haidar, who taught at Aliya Arabic College here for more than five decades, passed away on Wednesday night at a private hospital in the city following illness. He was 78.
Haidar was the elder son of the late Kudroli Hasanabba of Mangaluru. After completing his studies at Alia Arabic College and undergoing further training at the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia, he began his teaching career at Aliya Arabic College in 1973. Since then, he had been closely associated with the institution.
He was also active in Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and was known for his simple and humble nature. Over the years, he taught Islamic studies to thousands of students.
He is survived by his wife, four sons, four daughters, relatives and a large number of well-wishers.
The funeral will be held on Thursday after Zohr prayers at Chemnad Jamaath Masjid
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
