A hijab-wearing young Muslim woman was heckled by a Hindu nationalist mob as she arrived at a college in Mandya in India's Karnataka state on Tuesday 8 February.

The mob wanted her to remove her hijab before entering the college. But the girl, far from getting intimidated, held her ground and refused to remove the it.

In a video filmed by a local journalist on Tuesday, Muskan Khan is seen parking her moped outside PES college of Science, Arts and Commerce.

She is then heckled by Hindu members of a right-wing group who shout "Jai Sri Ram" (Hail Lord Ram) and wave saffron scarves at her. The girl reacts by raising her hand and shouting back: "Allahu Akbar" (Allah is Great).

As the mob closed in on her, a few college staff escorted her to safety.

Khan said she was not worried about facing them alone and that she would keep fighting for her right to wear the hijab.

She said the college never had issues with her clothes and outsiders had entered the college to target Muslim girls.

Hindu nationalist mobs are agitating in Karnataka state to make Muslim girls remove hijabs before entering college.

The protests are being resisted by female Muslim students, who are usually very outnumbered.

The state of Karnataka is ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

A hijab-clad Muslim girl arriving at a college in Mandya in state of Karnataka was heckled by a Hindu far-right mob. The mob wanted her to remove her hijab before entering the college. But the girl, far from getting intimidated, held her ground and refused to remove the hijab. In a video filmed by a local journalist on February 8, Muskan Khan is seen parking her two-wheeler outside PES college of Science, Arts and Commerce. She is heckled by Hindu members of a right-wing group who shout "Jai Sri Ram" (Hail Lord Ram) and wave saffron scarves at her. The girl reacts by raising her hand and shouting back: "Allahu Akbar" (Allah is Great). As the mob closed in on her, a few college staff escorted her to safety.

Khan, who faced the fury of the Islamophobic mob said she was not worried about facing them alone and that she would keep fighting for her right to wear the hijab. She said the college never had issues with her clothes and outsiders had entered the college to target Muslim girls. Pro-Hindu and Islamaphobic mobs are agitating in Karnataka state to make Muslim girls remove theri Hijab befire entering college. The protests are being strongly resisted by Muslim girl stidents who are usually badly outnumbered. The state of Karnataka is ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (or BJP).