Right from actor cum politician Kamal Haasan to Television host Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, a number celebrities who belong to Tamil film industry reacted to the communal riot that is taking place in state Karnataka between students. “What’s happening in Karnataka makes us panic. A poisonous religious wall is being erupted between innocent students. This shouldn’t happen in Tamil nadu. This is time for the progressive power to be more careful” Kamal Haasan said in his tweet, referring to the calamity that started due to Muslim girls entering educational institutions by wearing hijab.

கர்நாடகாவில் நடப்பது கலக்கத்தைத் தூண்டுகிறது. கள்ளமில்லா மாணவர்கள் மத்தியில் மதவாத விஷச் சுவர் எழுப்பப்படுகிறது. ஒற்றைச் சுவர் தாண்டியிருக்கும் பக்கத்து மாநிலத்தில் நடப்பது தமிழ்நாட்டுக்கும் வந்துவிடக் கூடாது. முற்போக்கு சக்திகள் மேலும் கவனமாக இருக்க வேண்டிய காலம் இது.

— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) February 9, 2022

Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, in a series of tweets she posted, said that all women will wear hijab and protest if the harassment on female students didn’t stop. She also advised students to be united. Check out her tweets below :

We are with our Muslim sisters, if you don’t stop harassing them, we ( women from all ways of life) will wear the #hijab . What have done to these young minds?!!!! pic.twitter.com/3ru64K48V7

— Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (@LakshmyRamki) February 8, 2022

Dear students, unity amongst diversity has been our pride,
don’t let anything divide us. You have lots to do for yourself, family and society. Focus on productive things, groom yourself to be #GlobalCitizens don’t fall prey to dirty politics. pic.twitter.com/p0E9tJEkwZ

— Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (@LakshmyRamki) February 8, 2022

It is very disturbing to see fellow women being deprived of their basic rights. For those who have grown up with #hijab, if they wear it out of CHOICE , it would be deeply humiliating when forced to remove it. Please understand sensitivity of the issue, whoever is behind this !

— Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (@LakshmyRamki) February 8, 2022

#Hijab is not a religious identity, it is woman’s choice of how she would want to lead her life or rather it should be! Anyone, from any community can decide to wear a #Hijab. https://t.co/3ADFyps2ym

— Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (@LakshmyRamki) February 8, 2022

DMK’s Kanimozhi came up with a couple of tweets calling out the miscreants who are acting against “all are equal” and “unity in diversity”.

மத நல்லிணக்கம் வேற்றுமையில் ஒற்றுமை என்ற நம் பண்பாட்டையும், அரசியலமைப்புச் சட்டத்தையும், ஜனநாயகத்தையும் காப்பதற்கு ஒன்றுகூட வேண்டிய நேரமிது. பெண்கள் என்ன ஆடை உடுத்துகிறார்கள் என்பதில்லை இந்த சமூகத்தின் பிரச்சனை.
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— Kanimozhi (கனிமொழி) (@KanimozhiDMK) February 8, 2022

Director Naveen Mohamedali who is known for directing a film named “Moodar Koodam”, came up with a tweet saying that people of Tamil nadu shouldn’t be careless as a drop of poison is enough to make a pot full of water.

இந்நிலை கண்டு வருத்தமும் அச்சமும் வருகிறது. பிஞ்சு நெஞ்சங்களில் மதவெறி எனும் நஞ்சு கலக்க விட்டுவிட்டோம். இது பெரியார் மண், இங்கு இது நடக்காது என்று அமைதியாக இருத்தல் ஆகாது. சுத்தமான ஒரு குடம் நீரை நஞ்சாக்க ஒரு துளி விஷம் போதும்#HijabIsIndividualRight

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— Naveen Mohamedali (@NaveenFilmmaker) February 8, 2022

Actress Kasthuri reacted to the tweet of Sivaganga MP Karthi P Chithambaram about the issue.

Which one? Jaishreeram or allahuakbar? Both sides have erred. What we need is an urgent lesson in social tolerance.

— Kasturi Shankar (@KasthuriShankar) February 8, 2022

Popular video jockey Parvathi extended her support for students wearing hijab by sharing the picture of a student named Muskan protesting against a bunch of saffron boys.

#AllahuAkbar 🤙 pic.twitter.com/mlKuPjv6eB

— vjpaaru (@parvathy_saran) February 8, 2022

It all started after Karnataka’s home minister Araga Jnanendra said that religions should be kept away from education and ordered that students should neither come wearing Hijab nor saffron shawl to schools. Followed by his statement, an incident on hijab wearing students being denied entry into school had took place. The home minister further said that no one should come to school to practice their religion as this is where all students should learn together with a feeling of oneness.

While the muslim girl students were arguing with their respective college managements, Hindu boys and girls entered the schools with saffron shawls and started protesting. Recently, reports about students wearing blue shawls entering the premises surfaced in online platforms and created outrage. Video of a lone female student being heckled by hundreds of saffron boys went viral with many supporting the girl who chanted “Alla hu Akbar”.