“Karnataka: CUK History Professor accused of forcing students to visit Mosque; LRPF files complaint with VC” ,Organiser, July 26, 2025:
“The Legal Rights Protection Forum (LRPF), Hyderabad based legal advocacy group, has filed a formal complaint with the Vice Chancellor of the Central University of Karnataka (CUK), Kalaburagi, alleging a serious constitutional violation during an academic field trip organised by the Department of History & Archaeology.
According to the complaint, on 19th June 2025, second-year undergraduate students were allegedly taken to the Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Mosque as part of a university-sponsored educational visit.
Abdul Majid, Assistant Professor in the department, is accused of compelling students to participate in this Islamic religious site visit—an act the LPRF says breaches the secular framework of state-funded institutions……”
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I think in this situation, these visitors should loudly pray together as groups like for example chants for Krishna and Ram, Namokar Mantra, Ajai Alai, Mool Mantra etc. depending on individual situations of each adherent. If the visit is pre-planned, then the visitors should bring along suitable iconic representations like picture frames or murtis or other physical icons like swastik, trishul depending on their faith. The professor and the mosque people should respect pious prayers of all adherents, which is the purpose of the visit. Of course the administrators of the religious place should be informed of this, so that nobody is inconvenienced.