India to remove the Allama Iqbal chapter from the curriculum. Officials in India are considering deleting a chapter about Muhammad Iqbal, better known as Allama Iqbal, Pakistan’s national poet, from the sixth-year curriculum for bachelor’s degrees.
According to the article, the Delhi University Academic Council has agreed to delete the chapter from the political science textbook.
As India has decided to remove the Allama Iqbal chapter from the curriculum, the right-wing student body has embraced an anti-Pakistan and anti-history stance.
“The academic council of Delhi University agreed to remove fanatical religious scholar Mohammad Iqbal from the course syllabus for political science at DU (Delhi University). According to a statement from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), which is linked with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, it was previously included in the sixth-semester paper on “Modern Indian political thought” for BA students.
Muhammad Iqbal is known as Pakistan’s “philosophical father.” He played an important role in Jinnah’s ascent to prominence within the Muslim League. “Mohammad Iqbal shares equal blame with Mohammad Ali Jinnah for India’s division,” it said.
According to the publication, Allama Iqbal’s chapter on “Modern Indian Political Thought” is part of the BA’s sixth-semester paper. According to the officials referenced in the story, the university’s Executive Council will eventually decide whether to disband the chapter.
Among the other units in the aforementioned chapter, “Iqbal: Community” aims to investigate major themes through the eyes of particular thinkers.
“The course has been created to provide students with a glimpse of the complexity and richness of Indian politicals.”
It should be noted that Allama Iqbal’s poem “Saare Jahan se Accha” is one of the most well-known instances of patriotic poetry, and the song has a special place in India’s heart because its major lyric extols the nation. At the turn of the twentieth century in pre-partition India, the song was written as an ode to Hindustan, which comprises modern-day Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh.
Allama Iqbal, on the other hand, was named Pakistan’s national poet because he pioneered the concept of a distinct country for Muslims, which became known as Pakistan.
