By Sunil Kataria UDUPI, India (Reuters) -Senior schools reopened in the Indian state of Karnataka on Wednesday a week after authorities closed them in the face of protests against a ban on female students wearing the hijab Muslim head covering in class. A court is deliberating the recent ban on school girls wearing the hijab imposed by Karnataka authorities, the latest issue of contention involving India’s Muslim minority, who make up about 13% of the Hindu-majority country’s 1.35 billion people. Protests against the ban by some Muslim students and parents earlier in the month drew counter pro…