By Ashley Archibald
A crowd of women and supporters gathered in Bellevue’s Crossroads Park to stand in solidarity with Muslim women in India who are being persecuted for their religious beliefs.
The government in the Indian state of Karnataka banned the hijab — a veil worn for religious purposes — in classrooms, which organizers said was an assault on religious freedom. The Indian constitution guarantees religious freedom, but a court in Karnataka upheld the ban.
