Respect Muslim prof, but non-Hindu can't teach us our rituals, dharma, say BHU students amid appointment row
5 years, 1 month ago

Respect Muslim prof, but non-Hindu can't teach us our rituals, dharma, say BHU students amid appointment row

India Today  

The students’ protest against the appointment of Firoze Khan in the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan in the Banaras Hindu University has been going on for over two weeks now. With the BHU maintaining that they won't reverse the appointment, varsity students say they are not opposing the Muslim professor teaching Sanskrit. The protesting students say they are against a Muslim professor imparting education on "Hindu rituals as part of the course" -- which they claim can only be taught by a practising Hindu. WON'T LET SOME RUIN THE CULTURE OF VARANASI: FIROZE GETS SUPPORT Meanwhile, a section of students gathered to support Firoze Khan, who reportedly has left for Rajasthan after the controversy erupted.

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FACK CHECK: Muslim students embrace Sanskrit education in Kerala, debunking false claims
1 year, 1 month ago

FACK CHECK: Muslim students embrace Sanskrit education in Kerala, debunking false claims

India TV News  

A viral video depicting Muslim students learning Sanskrit at the Academy of Sharia and Advanced Studies in Thrissur, Kerala, is circulating on social media with the misleading claim that these students are being trained to become Hindu temple priests. The 5.29-minute video, shared on social media platforms, came with a caption suggesting that Muslim teachers in Kerala were instructing Muslim …

Banaras Hindu University launches 'Teach for BHU' scheme to engage PhD students in teaching
2 years, 9 months ago

Banaras Hindu University launches 'Teach for BHU' scheme to engage PhD students in teaching

India Today  

Committed to the growth and development of students, Banaras Hindu University has launched a special scheme called “TEACH FOR BHU” for its PhD students, which will help them nurture their skills to excel in professional life. The decision to introduce the scheme was taken at the Governing Body meeting of Institution of Eminence, BHU, chaired by Vice-Chancellor Professor Sudhir K. …

BHU Launches MA in Hindu Studies, Here's What Students Will Learn in Unique Course
3 years, 1 month ago

BHU Launches MA in Hindu Studies, Here's What Students Will Learn in Unique Course

News 18  

The Banaras Hindu University had launched a new degree course called Hinduism, which aims to give the world an opportunity to know the religion better. Read | BHU, Michigan State University Jointly Launch Online Course in Fundamentals of Social Design The two-year course offers 40 seats, and candidates will get admission into it on the basis of an entrance exam, …

BHU students end stirafter Muslim teacherquits, joins another dept
5 years ago

BHU students end stirafter Muslim teacherquits, joins another dept

Hindustan Times  

VARANASI The Muslim professor, whose appointment in Banaras Hindu University’s Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnan faculty led to over a month-long protest by students, has resigned from the faculty and will teach Sanskrit in a different department of the same institution. There are 750 students enrolled in the department of Sanskrit in courses, including Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and …

Recent controversies over Sanskrit, Urdu in educational institutions point to growing communalisation of languages
5 years, 1 month ago

Recent controversies over Sanskrit, Urdu in educational institutions point to growing communalisation of languages

Firstpost  

The communalisation of a language like Urdu or Sanskrit has very real consequences for both the language itself, but more importantly, for the people who use it on a regular basis. Protestors objected to Khan’s Muslim background, alleging he was unfit to teach Hindu students the Sanskrit language — the primary liturgical language of Hinduism — solely because of his …

Communalising the BHU campus
5 years, 1 month ago

Communalising the BHU campus

The Hindu  

While students in Jawaharlal Nehru University, who are running a campaign demanding the rollback of a huge hostel fee hike and the withdrawal of a ludicrous hostel manual, get beaten up and arrested, students of Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, are getting away with a communal agenda targeting professors and university officials. The students of the Sanskrit department …

BHU SVDV students sharpen their protest against management
5 years, 1 month ago

BHU SVDV students sharpen their protest against management

Op India  

The protest by BHU’s SVDV students against the appointment of professor Firoz Khan in the Dharma Vigyan faculty of the university continues unabated. Read- BHU Protests: Emeritus Professors of SVDV write to President Kovind, slam the appointment of Firoz Khan The worship of the village deity which commenced with the blessings of Vijay Sri for the success of this movement …

Language should not be linked with religion, says Sanskrit scholar at PU global alumni meet
5 years, 1 month ago

Language should not be linked with religion, says Sanskrit scholar at PU global alumni meet

Hindustan Times  

Noted Sanskrit scholar Satya Vrat Shastri, 90, feels language should not be linked with any religion and there are enough Muslims in the world who can recite Vedic texts with as much fervour as the Quran. With reference to the recent Banaras Hindu University controversy in which students opposed the appointment of Firoz Khan, a Muslim professor, to teach Sanskrit, …

After Sanskrit controversy, BHU's Muslim professor prepares to teach Ayurveda
5 years, 1 month ago

After Sanskrit controversy, BHU's Muslim professor prepares to teach Ayurveda

India Today  

After a controvery erupted on his appointment as an Assistant Professor in Benaras Hindu University, Firoze Khan will now appear for an interview to teach Ayurveda at the varsity. This comes after students held protests spanning over a two weeks opposing his appointment as an Assistant Professor to teach Sansnkrit in Sanskrit Vidya Dharam Vijnan. The protesting students say they …

After students now ex-faculty object to BHU Muslim Professor
5 years, 1 month ago

After students now ex-faculty object to BHU Muslim Professor

India TV News  

Day after the agitating students of the Banaras Hindu University called off their sit-in stir, former faculty members of the same Sanskrit Vidya Dharm Vigyan department, raised objection to the appointment of a Muslim professor. "The Sanskrit Vidya Dharm Vigyan department should not be tinkered with as the appointment of any non-Hindu is against the established norms and tradition of …

BHU students call off stir on fifteenth day of agitation; RSS earlier backed appointment of Muslim professor to Sanskrit department
5 years, 1 month ago

BHU students call off stir on fifteenth day of agitation; RSS earlier backed appointment of Muslim professor to Sanskrit department

Firstpost  

‘The Sangh is of the opinion that opposing Dr Firoz Khan is wrong’, said Jayprakash Lal, Vibhag Sanghchalak, RSS Kashi Varanasi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh backed professor Firoz Khan as students protesting against his appointment at Banaras Hindu University ’s Sanskrit department called off their agitation on Friday. Functionaries of RSS’ Kashi unit held a meeting today to discuss the students’ …

BHU students call off protest as RSS backs Sanskrit professor
5 years, 1 month ago

BHU students call off protest as RSS backs Sanskrit professor

Hindustan Times  

Students called off a fortnight-long sit-in protest on Friday against the appointment of a Muslim to teach Sanskrit in Banaras Hindu University’s Sanskrit studies department, apparently swayed by the support he received from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and vice chancellor Rakesh Bhatnagar. Students called off a fortnight-long sit-in protest on Friday against the appointment of a Muslim to teach Sanskrit …

As students burn VC’s effigies, Shankacharya writes to PM Modi on the BHU protests, PMO asks BHU admin for report
5 years, 1 month ago

As students burn VC’s effigies, Shankacharya writes to PM Modi on the BHU protests, PMO asks BHU admin for report

Op India  

The students of SVDV, which is the Dharma Vigyan department of Banaras Hindu University are protesting the appointment of one Dr Firoze Khan in the Dharma Vigyan department. The students are now alleging that the controversial appointment of Dr Firoze Khan in the Dharma Vigyan department was done by the VC to brush under the carpet and distract people from …

BHU students give 10-day break to dharna, Sanskrit literature department reopens
5 years, 1 month ago

BHU students give 10-day break to dharna, Sanskrit literature department reopens

India Today  

A group of Banaras Hindu University students has been protesting against the appointment of Firoze Khan in the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan in the BHU for over two weeks now. The BHU had announced on Thursday that classes at the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan's literature department would resume, indicating that the stir against the appointment of assistant professor Firoze Khan …

Why BHU students should be thankful to Firoze Khan for learning Sanskrit | Opinion
5 years, 1 month ago

Why BHU students should be thankful to Firoze Khan for learning Sanskrit | Opinion

India Today  

The last time Sanskrit was in the news was in May this year when a handful of newly elected Lok Sabha MPs took oath in the ancient language that is dying. A group of students at the prestigious Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, has been protesting against the appointment of Firoze Khan as an assistant professor at BHU's …

BHU row: Muslim prof's father sings bhajans, offers namaz; nobody protests
5 years, 1 month ago

BHU row: Muslim prof's father sings bhajans, offers namaz; nobody protests

India Today  

The father of a Muslim professor whose appointment at the Banaras Hindu University's Sanskrit department has triggered a row himself sings bhajans at temples and serves at a cow shelter. But a visit to Bagru, where the family lives in a modest three-room house, reveals that the professor grew up in an atmosphere immersed in Sanskrit and "Hindu traditions". His …

Protest against appointment of Muslim teacher in BHU Sanskrit faculty not right: UP Dy CM
5 years, 1 month ago

Protest against appointment of Muslim teacher in BHU Sanskrit faculty not right: UP Dy CM

Hindustan Times  

Breaking his silence on the controversy over appointment of a Muslim teacher in the faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnan of Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma on Wednesday said subjects and teachers did not have any religion. HT Image Sharma said those protesting against the appointment of a Muslim teacher in the Sanskrit faculty were …

How the BHU students were demonised and the ones who refused to be ‘secularised’ unfairly called ‘bigots’
5 years, 1 month ago

How the BHU students were demonised and the ones who refused to be ‘secularised’ unfairly called ‘bigots’

Op India  

For a warrior, nothing is higher than a war against evil. Essentially, when one looks at what Professor Khan calls ‘just dramas that have nothing to do with religion’, one sees that the scriptures he talks of are deeply rooted in Sanatan Dharma. The fact that Professor Khan thinks these epics have ‘nothing to do with religion’, should in itself …

BHU students continue protest, Muslim prof feels 'insulted'
5 years, 1 month ago

BHU students continue protest, Muslim prof feels 'insulted'

India Today  

The students' protest against the appointment of a Muslim professor in the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan in the Banaras Hindu University entered its 14th day on Wednesday with the students refusing to give up on their demand. The Muslim professor Feroz Kahn, meanwhile, said that he felt 'insulted' by the incident and added that he would have never applied for …

‘Not against Muslims’ – protesting students at BHU explain their position. An OpIndia exclusive
5 years, 1 month ago

‘Not against Muslims’ – protesting students at BHU explain their position. An OpIndia exclusive

Op India  

‘Pandit Krishnakant Chaturvedi will soon teach Islam, Shariat and Islamic studies…’ What happened? Recently, in Banaras Hindu University ’s Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan stream, a Muslim professor Dr Firoz Khan was appointed as an assistant professor. One Shashikant Mishra, a student in SVDV stream in BHU told OpIndia that their protest is against appointment of a non-Hindu in ‘Dharma Vigyan’ …

‘Get To Know Me First?’: Muslim Prof To BHU’s Protesting Students
5 years, 1 month ago

‘Get To Know Me First?’: Muslim Prof To BHU’s Protesting Students

The Quint  

Speaking of his proficiency in Sanskrit, Khan tells this reporter how he is a regular at Doordarshan News as well. “There is a programme called Sanskrit vartavali on DD News where one has to translate Bollywood songs to Sanskrit. They send the songs to me for translations and broadcast the songs I sing in Sanskrit,” he says proudly, adding that …

Banaras Hindu University backs Muslim professor's appointment in Sanskrit department
5 years, 1 month ago

Banaras Hindu University backs Muslim professor's appointment in Sanskrit department

India Today  

The Banaras Hindu University on Friday backed the appointment of a Muslim professor in the Sanskrit faculty, saying it is committed to provide equal opportunities to everyone irrespective of religion, caste, community or gender. The clarification comes after the RSS students' wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad opposed the appointment of Firoz Khan as an assistant professor in the Sanskrit literature …

BHU students protest over Muslim professor’s appointment in Sanskrit department
5 years, 2 months ago

BHU students protest over Muslim professor’s appointment in Sanskrit department

Hindustan Times  

The appointment of a Muslim assistant professor in the literature department of the faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharm Vigyan of Banaras Hindu University has triggered protests. However, the BHU administration has made it clear that “the appointment has been made as per the University Grants Commission rules and the BHU Act in a transparent manner based on the eligibility of …

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