Thursday, September 01, 2005

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NEWS ROOM
FSRN, USA
Human Rights Groups Denounce New Pro-Nazi School Books in India (4:05 minutes)
Human rights activists in India are saying that the ruling right wing pro-Hindu BJP government is attempting to run its ideology through school text books as a way to marginalize religious minorities. The books praise Hitler and the Nazi movement, and many believe the parent organization of the BJP nurtures such a dream of gradually driving out minorities from the country by forming public opinion by distorting historical facts.
The Indian Catholic, India
The textbooks taught in Gujarat schools are filled with hatred and prejudice towards the religious minorities in India, Church leaders say. Jesuit Father Cedric Prakash, who runs Prashant, a human rights centre in Ahmedabad is leading the campaign against distorted schools textbooks in Gujarat. In an exclusive interview to The Indian Catholic, Father Prakash speaks out how the textbooks are spreading wrong impressions about Christians, Muslims and other minorities in the country.Click here to read the interview
BBC
Human rights campaigners in India's Gujarat state have condemned school textbooks which they say praise Hitler.
'Nazi' row over Indian textbooks' Click here to read BBC report
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Times of India
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