“Madhya Pradesh : How 11-year-old Hindu boy started reciting Surah-Fatiha after taking admission to ‘Ganga Jamna School’”, Organiser, June 17, 2023:
“Since May last week, the ‘Ganga Jamna School’ of Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh and their administrators are facing backlash for having a ‘Madarsa’ like culture irrespective of being a private school. The principal, a teacher and a peon have been booked under the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act and are all arrested.
The matter came to light after posters of Hindu and Jain girls wearing hijabs went viral on social media. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has been monitoring the case closely and only after their inspection drive, a case was instituted against the perpetrators.
Notably, these students were made to recite ‘Surah-Al-Fatiha’ and ‘Lab Pe Aai Hai Dua’ as morning prayers. These children had separate greetings mentioned in their diary in Urdu language, they had a separate prayer to be offered before and after lunch, all in Urdu….”
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