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Forced to wear burqa, teacher quits

Do you have to wear a burqa if you are going to teach at a Muslim University? There is nothing in the rule book that says so, but students of Aliah University in Kolkata have demanded this. While seven women teachers succumbed to the pressure, one did not. Twenty four-year-old Shirin Niddya has been shifted to another university campus for fear that her presence might cause trouble.

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