A claim is going viral on social media sites that the Congress government of Karnataka has made it compulsory for schools to recite the Quran. Users are sharing a video and stating that when you get Islamic education from school itself, you will definitely forget Indian culture. Pay attention to your children’s schools, isn’t that what’s going on there?
Vivekanand Vinay posted a video on Facebook Reel and wrote a caption: “This video is said to be from Karnataka. is unbelievable. Now the teaching of Islam has been made compulsory in schools?? The Congress government of Karnataka has issued an order for Hindu students to read the Quran in all schools. The Congressmen will ruin the country in this manner because if you get education of Islam only from the school, then you will forget the Indian culture, pay some attention to your children’s schools, the same is not happening there.”
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Furthermore, a user named Tushar Rane posted a video on Facebook and gave a similar caption.
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Other users are also sharing this video and making similar claims.
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Fact-Check
To learn the truth of the above viral claims, the Dfrac team searched some keywords on Google in this context. We discovered some media reports during this process.
Viral video of children can also be seen in news published on July 1, 2023 by the news website News9. According to this news, “Some members of a right-wing outfit raised objections after a verse from the Quran was recited in Jnanasagara International Public school in Karnataka’s Hassan district during the recent Bakrid celebrations.
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Furthermore, the news revealed: “We only did it to instill spirituality in the students,” Suja Philip, the school principal, said. “We had no other intentions. If it is wrong, we will ensure that it won’t be done henceforth. We celebrate all the festivals here. We want to clarify that no children were made to recite the Quran. Only three Muslim students recited it. This is a secular school.”
A senior police officer said that the school holds such programmes for every religious festival – be it Hindu, Muslim or Christian.
Moreover, several media houses also published this news.
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Following this, the Dfrac team searched some Keywords on Google in this context but the team did not come across any news claiming Karnataka govt. making Islamic education mandatory.
Conclusion
Dfrac’s Fact-Check proves that the viral video of three girls reciting some verses of Quran is from last month July 2023. Reciting the Quran has not been made compulsory by the Congress government in Karnataka. Therefore, the claim of social media users is false.
