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Professor Das Acevedo Featured on BBC & Scroll.in

Professor Deepa Das Acevedo, The University of Alabama School of Law

Professor Deepa Das Acevedo was quoted in a BBC article titled Karnataka bandh: Should courts decide if hijab is essential in Islam. The full piece can be viewed online at BBC.com.

Professor Das Acevedo also recently published an op-ed titled Hijab ban: How courts have weaponised the Essential Religious Practices doctrine. Read the full article on Scroll.in.


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