The Modi-led BJP government has banned the teaching of books written by Pakistani and Egyptian authors from the syllabus of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The ban was imposed by the management committee of the AMU after the order of the Indian government. The books, written by Islamic scholar and prominent writer Sayyed Abul A'la Maududi and Egyptian scholar and writer Sayyed Qutb were taught in the Department of Islamic Studies to the BA and MA students at Aligarh Muslim University in the Indian state of Utter Pradesh. This decision has been taken in response to a recent letter that was written by RSS activist and academician Madhu Kishwar, along with some other Hindutva RSS-BJP minded academicians, to Indian PM Modi, in which the books of these authors were demanded not to be taught to the students,” India Today said.

The letter also had other universities teaching these books including the Jamia Milia Islamia and Hamdard University in Delhi. In this regard, Head Professor Muhammad Ismail of the Islamic Studies Department said that the board has decided on removing all the books from the curriculum that are written by Pakistani authors, adding that these books have been taught for a long time and they do not promote anything controversial.

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