Aligarh , August 2 : The management committee of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) after the order of BJP government has decided to exclude the books written by Pakistani and Egyptian authors from the syllabus.
The books, written by Islamic scholar and prominent writer Abu al-A’la al-Mawdudi and Egyptian writer Sayyid Qutb, were taught in the Department of Islamic Studies to the BA and MA students in Aligarh Muslim University in Indian state Utter Pardash.
This decision has been taken in response to a recent letter that was written by Hindutva RSS activist and academician Madhu Kishwar, along with some other Hindutva RSS-BJP minded academicians, to Indian PM Modi, in which the books of these authors were demanded not to be taught to the students,” India Today quoted a senior from the university staff as saying.
The letter also had other universities teaching these books including the Jamia Milia Islamia and Hamdard University in Delhi.
In this regard, Head Professor Muhammad Ismail of the Islamic Studies Department said that the board has decided on removing all the books from the curriculum that are written by Pakistani authors, adding that these books have been taught for a long time and they do not promote anything controversial.
Indian Supreme Court Asks Bombay Hc To Decide Lt Col Prasad Purohit's Plea Of Malegaon Blasts
New Delhi, August 2: The Indian Supreme Court has asked the Bombay High Court to decide expeditiously the plea of Lt Col Prasad Purohit, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Justice Vikram Nath noted that as of now 246 witnesses have been examined.
“The petition filed by the petitioner is pending consideration before the high court where he has sought quashing of sanction. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, we deem it appropriate to request the high court to take the petition and decide the same expeditiously in accordance with the law,” the bench said.
On December 18, 2017, the high court refused to quash a government sanction that permitted Purohit's prosecution in the blast case.
Earlier, a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court had dismissed his plea to discharge him from the case.
A prior sanction for Purohit's prosecution was required since he was a serving Army officer at the time.
Six people were killed and over 100 injured after an explosive device strapped to a motorcycle went off near a mosque at Malegaon in north Maharashtra, about 200 kilometres from Mumbai, on September 29, 2008. All the seven accused in the case are currently out on bail