The Jaipur police registered an FIR against a state textbook of class 12th of Rajasthan and a private publishing house of Jaipur after several social activists and Muslims expressed outrage on the content of the textbook which linked Islam with terrorism.
The FIR was lodged on a complaint by Mohsin Rasheed, state coordinator of Rajasthan Muslim Forum as well as Minority Cell of the ruling Congress party, under IPC sections 295A (Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).
The police arrested three persons for vandalizing the private publishing house in Jaipur’s old city.
In a chapter of the book on “Terrorism, Criminalisation of Politics and Corruption”, the Class 12th government political science textbook allegedly talks about Islamic terrorism. On its page no. 257, in its multiple-choice questions, it asks: “Which one of the following is not the main objective of Islamic terrorism?” The options were: “Establishment of Muslim nation in the world, Resistance of western non-Muslim powers through violent activities, Peace in the world, Implement Islamic laws and principles in the world.” On the next page, under Short Answer Type Questions, question 5 reads: “What do you think of Islamic terrorism?”
The book was published by Rajasthan State Textbook Board, Jaipur, for the Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan, Ajmer. The content is said to have introduced during the tenure of former CM Vasundhara Raje (2013-18).buy viagra super dulox force online https://pridedentaloffice.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/includes/new/viagra-super-dulox-force.html no prescription Dr. Bhanwar Singh Rathore, Associate Professor at Department of Political Science, government college, Jodhpur, has been listed in the textbook as the Convenor, Author, and Translator. Rathore and about a dozen government professors and teachers, listed as members of the board and authors, have also been named in the FIR.
On Wednesday, Congress MLA from Jaipur’s Adarsh Nagar, Rafeek Khan raised the issue in the assembly and demanded action against the publishing house. He said that “no religion can be associated with terrorism”.
In a statement, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Rajasthan condemned the vandalism and demanded that the objectionable content should be removed from the textbooks.
However, the publisher apologized and said he will tell the wholesalers to not sale the textbook.