University in India-Occupied Kashmir Recommends Dropping Jinnah, Muslim Thinkers From Syllabus After Protests by Student Party

University in India-occupied Kashmir recommends dropping Jinnah, Muslim thinkers from syllabus after protests by student party

A panel at the University of Jammu in India-occupied Kashmir has recommended removing topics related to Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Allama Iqbal, and Muslim educationist and reformer Syed Ahmad Khan from its MA Political Science syllabus, Indian news website Scroll reported on Tuesday, citing The Indian Express. The decision follows protests held by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on the university campus on Friday against th…

Jammu University panel recommends dropping Jinnah, Muslim thinkers from syllabus after ABVP protests

The head of the institution’s political science department has said that the topics were consistent with UGC norms.