Muslim teacher brainwashes Hindu children in Gujarat's school by distorting history to extol Islam, parents say child using terms like ‘Ammi-Abbu’ to call his mother and father at home
Jetpur, Gujarat, India 
9 June, 2023
Case Summary
A private school in Jetpur, Rajkot, became embroiled in controversy due to allegations of brainwashing children. The controversy stemmed from a widely circulated audio recording of a conversation between teachers from the Yellow Education System and a parent. In the recording, the parent accused Muslim teachers at the school of ignoring lessons on Hindu kings and focusing only on Muslim rulers, alleging that children are being misinformed about historical figures like Maharana Pratap. The parent also expresses concern that their child has started using terms like "Ammi-Abbu" (mother-father) at home, possibly influenced by the school. The audio has gained significant traction on social media, though its authenticity remains unverified. In response, the school issued a statement promising to investigate the matter. However, a teacher from the school has refuted the allegations, denying any bias in teaching and disputing claims of a child being expelled from class. Authorities have initiated an investigation into the situation.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This particular case has been classified as a religiously motivated hate crime under two subcategories under Predatory Proselytisation because of the various distinct components that demonstrate the perpetrator's bias against the Hindu faith and their deliberate attempt to alienate the victims from their Hindu identity. The first sub-category under 'Predatory Proselytisation' relevant in this case is 'attempting to convert/converting by denigrating Hinduism'. It is evident from the details that the Hindu victims were minors which essentially means that the element of consent and genuine change of conscience was missing ab initio. The accused, who were teachers in this case, subtly tried to influence the impressionable minds of the children by distorting Indian history, for example, instead of telling the students how India’s rich dynasty and cultural heritage were mercilessly decimated by these Islamic tyrants, these Muslim teachers exalted Mughals and attempted to whitewash their sins by obfuscating history. Insulting Hinduism in attempts to brainwash Hindus against their religion, itself stems from the animosity against the Hindu faith, which is why this case qualifies as a hate crime against Hindus and has been documented here. In several cases, Hindus are converted or an attempt is made to convert Hindus by denigrating their faith, Hinduism. In such cases, the Hindus associate with the non-Hindu perpetrators often by choice and then, the attempt to convert them by insulting their faith, showing the faith down etc begins. An example of this would be a non-Hindu gathering where the Hindus are attending the gathering of their own free will. However, once they attend the gathering, there is an explicit attempt to convert them by abusing their faith and hailing the faith of the perpetrator. The denigration of the Hindu faith is often based on misrepresentation of the Hindu faith, its doctrine and scriptures and insult to espoused traditions if not blatant lies about Hindu beliefs and ways. Such conversions or attempts at conversions are driven by animosity towards the Hindu faith and are therefore documented as religiously motivated hate crimes. Secondly, the accused tried to subtly brainwash the children, which is evident from the testimonies provided by the children's parents. One parent, in the audio, was heard saying that the child using terms like ‘Ammi-Abbu’ to call his mother and father at home. Religious brainwashing essentially means the often subtle and forcible indoctrination to induce someone to give up their religious beliefs to accept contrasting regimented ideas. Religious brainwashing also involves propaganda and manipulation. It involves the systematic effort, driven by religious malice and indoctrination, to persuade “non-believers’ to accept allegiance, command, or doctrine to and of a contrasting faith. Cases of such brainwashing are far more nuanced than direct threats, coercion, inducement and violence. In such cases, it is often seen that there is repeated, subtle and continual manipulation of the victim to induce disaffection towards their own faith and acceptance of the contrasting faith of the perpetrator. While subtle indoctrination is widely acknowledged as predatory, an element which is often understated in such conversions or the attempts of such conversion is the role of loyalty and trust which might develop between the perpetrator and the victim. Fiduciary relationships are often abused to affect such religious conversion. For example, an educator transmitting religious doctrine of a competing faith to a Hindu student. The Hindu student is likely to accept what the teacher is transmitting owing to existence of the fiduciary relationship. The exploitation of the fiduciary relationship to religiously indoctrinate victims would also be included in this category. Since the underlying animosity towards the victim’s faith forms the basis of predatory proselytization, such cases are considered religiously motivated hate crimes.
Case Status
Case sub-judice
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
both
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