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“We reject such studies that tell us to remove our burqas” — says Muslim students. A doctor asked female medical students to wear aprons in the labour room instead of burqas at Government Medical College, Doda, Jammu & Kashmir. They protested. They chanted Allahu Akbar and Nara-e-Takbir. Now the doctor faces an inquiry. Read that again. This is a government medical college. A labour room. A place that demands hygiene, identification, and professional uniform — not religious costume as a substitute for clinical dress. Patients in labour do not get a vote on whose faith comes first. Staff must be identifiable. Sterile protocol is not optional. The students say the burqa is their “pride and identity” and that asking them to wear an apron is an attack on Islam. That is the claim. The demand that followed was an apology and suspension of Gynaecology Head Dr Madhu Chib. During the protest, police personnel reportedly questioned the students over slogans such as “Allahu Akbar” and “Nara-e-Takbir,” reportedly reminding them that the hospital is a medical institution and not an Islamic institution. Yet the institution’s first official move was an inquiry against the doctor who enforced a dress standard. Ask the real questions: Why should a labour room bend to religious clothing over standard medical uniform? Why are religious war cries treated as legitimate protest language inside a hospital campus? Why is the person upholding protocol under investigation, while those mixing faith slogans with clinical space are framed as victims?