Hyderabad, Aug 26: AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has strongly criticised the Allahabad High Court's decision dismissing a petition filed by a minor student from a school in Prayagraj, who had sought permission to wear a hijab along with the prescribed school uniform. Addressing a grand Jalsa-e-Rahmatul-lil-Alameen gathering at the AIMIM headquarters in Darussalam on Tuesday, Owaisi described the court's verdict as an "attack on Islam" and questioned whether the High Court should have delivered such an order.

He said that the Sabarimala case remains pending before the Supreme Court, where the issue of essential religious practices is being considered." I disagree with this High Court judgment; I do not concur with it...

Today's verdict violates Articles 25 and 19 of the Indian Constitution. Who are you to decide what is essential to Islam?

Girls are wearing hijab on their heads, not on their minds. It is an attack on Islam," he saidOn Tuesday, the Allahabad High Court observed that the petitioner had failed to produce any religious scripture or other material establishing that wearing a scarf was an "essential" part of her religion, without which her faith would be adversely affected.

The court also pointed out that photographs submitted in the case showed other students belonging to the same religious community attending school without wearing scarves. Owaisi also launched a sharp attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging that the organisations had historically shown a preference for Manusmriti over the Constitution of India."

I am asking those associated with the RSS about Manusmriti. Is it not true that on November 26, 1949, we adopted the Constitution?

However, four days later, on November 30, a mouthpiece of the RSS published a complaint against it, stating that it 'wasn't a Constitution at all and it should have been the Manusmriti'. They had issues with the Constitution drafted by Babasaheb Ambedkar," Owaisi said.

D. Savarkar, drawing a comparison between his conduct during his imprisonment in the Andaman Cellular Jail and that of Muslim freedom fighters who endured imprisonment without seeking concessions from the British."

Savarkar supported Manusmriti. While imprisoned in Andaman, he was writing letters to the British, saying, ' I am with you, please release me'.