Karnataka: Hindutva outfit force school to apologise for playing Azan during sports day ( Siasat )

The school - Mother Teresa Memorial School - was conducting Swarnadhama Prarthana where students sang and performed songs from all three religions - Hinduism, Islam and Christianity.

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A local school in Karnataka’s Udupi district faced opposition from Hindutva organisations for singing Azan while conducting an inter-school taluk-level sports day on Tuesday.

The school – Mother Teresa Memorial School – was conducting Swarnadhama Prarthana where students sang and performed songs from all three religions – Hinduism, Islam and Christianity.

The event was telecasted live on the school’s Facebook and YouTube channels.

However, the event was disrupted by right-wing organisations who questioned the school authorities about their objective of playing the Azan.

The Hindutva outfit staged a protest at a junction in Shankaranarayana alleging that Hindu students were “forced to perform to Azan” during a sports meet. The agitators also warned the organisers not to hurt the feelings of Hindus.

In a video that surfaced on Twitter, a Hindutva leader can be seen speaking, rudely, to the founder of the school, Shamita. “Why is there no national anthem being played? You should accept that playing the Azan was a mistake,” the Hindutva leader said.

This story was originally published in siasat.com . Read the full story here

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