Children in Pakistani schools are being taught anti-India and anti-Hindu books. Pakistani children are being brainwashed with hatred of the neighbouring nation and Hindus, a minority in Pakistan’s population. Such textbooks contain inaccurate and negative references to the Indian National Congress and MK Gandhi. The history book has been updated with made-up events far from reality.
As per a News18 report, the history book being taught to class-8th and class-9th students in Pakistan has been published by the National Book Foundation. In Pakistan, Class 8 students are being taught that the Indian National Congress exclusively represented Hindus and was not the voice of all of India. The book claims that Indians founded the Congress to promote a ‘Hindu dominant’ Indian nationalism. It continued to represent the voice of Hindus, not all Indians. This is what necessitated the formation of a ‘Muslim League’ by Muslims.
For instance, the class 8 history book’s chapter on the foundation of the Indian National Congress (INC) during British rule reads: “Many Indians joined hands to demand India’s nationalism, purely Hindu in religion. Indian National Congress (INC), therefore, became more a Hindu political party than a voice of the whole of India.”
In addition, the book depicts Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as a “Hindu leader who neglected Muslims”. The book claims that Gandhi and his supporters were pro-Hindu. Muslims were marginalized, which sowed discord in society. However, in...
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