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Namaz gets teacher benched | India News – Times of India

An Urdu teacher of a government senior secondary school in Rajasthan's Beawar district was suspended on Wednesday for offering namaz on the school premises. The action against Asma Parvez, 43, followed a departmental probe. Another teacher, Shagufta, 45, is also facing action. "We have sent a report to the education minister regarding the second teacher allegedly inciting students to offer namaz in school," a senior official at the education department said on Friday.When contacted, Asma refused to comment, but her elder brother, Zakir, said she had been asked to report daily at the office of chief block education officer at Jwaja in Ajmer. Her husband said the charges were baseless.Source link
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Himanta comes under fire from 2 key BJP allies after Assam assembly scraps namaz break

New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is facing flak from key allies of the BJP after the state assembly discontinued its two-hour Friday break for Muslim MLAs to offer namaz. The Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) and Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) — which are part of the Narendra Modi-led central government — have questioned the decision, with the former calling it “interference in religious matters”, putting the BJP in a tight spot once again. Opposing the Assam government’s move, senior JD(U) leader K. C. Tyagi said the Preamble of the Constitution clearly states that everyone has a right to follow their religion and traditions, and the makers of the Constitution drafted it keeping the country’s diversity in mind.  Show Full Article ...