Assam School Headmaster Suspended after Quran Recitation under Pretext of ‘Preventing Radicalization’

IQNA – In another case of Islamophobia in the Assam State of India, authorities suspended the headmaster of a school in Bongaigaon for recitation of the Quran in the morning assembly prayers.

A video posted on social media purportedly showing the students of the 619 Paschim Bhadragaon Lower Primary School reciting the first chapter of the Quran had gone viral on Independence Day.

"The headmaster of the school has been placed under suspension. We will take all steps to prevent any kind of radicalization in our schools,'' Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in a post on X on Monday.

A preliminary inquiry was conducted by the district education department, and it was found that the students of the government school were reciting the Quran every day during the morning assembly, officials said.

The school is located in a Muslim-majority area, and most students are from the minority community.