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<\/div>\nSome Hindu outfits staged a demonstration against the school management<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A Jesuit school in Karnataka apologised after coming under fire for allegedly playing ‘Azan’ (call to public prayer) and making students offer namaz at a cultural event.<\/p>\n
The Mother Teresa Memorial School at Shankaranarayana town in Kundapur Taluk of Udupi district organised a sports meet, ahead of which a cultural programme was held.<\/p>\n
During the event on Monday, the students were allegedly asked to perform Namaz and ‘Azan’ was played on the loudspeaker.<\/p>\n
As the purported video of the event went viral, members of some Hindu organisations staged a protest in front of the school.<\/p>\n
The school management apologised and admitted that it was a mistake to play ‘Azan’.<\/p>\n
In another purported video, the school teacher is heard saying that the prayer was organised to show harmony and equality in the society, but it was a mistake to play Azan. Some protestors countered saying that there cannot be any other song for national unity than the national anthem and the national song.<\/p>\n
Some Hindu outfits staged a demonstration against the school management on Tuesday as well.<\/p>\n
Mohan Gowda, spokesperson of the ‘Hindu Janajagruthi Samithi’, condemned the school management for \u2018”forcing the Hindu students to perform Namaz”.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Gowda alleged that the school had in the past banned Hindu students from wearing Bindi on the forehead, bangles and anklets, which was against the Karnataka Education Act.<\/p>\n
He said he would lodge a complaint with the National Child Rights Commission and the state education department.<\/p>\n
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