In the latest case of Islamophobia in India, a professor at Bengaluru’s Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) from the coastal region of Karnataka allegedly called a Muslim student a “terrorist” in a viral video on the Internet.
However, the student did not take the matter lightly and confronted him for being Islamophobic.
The video was shared on Twitter – and has taken the internet by storm, garnering over a million views on Twitter alone. The tweet received over 45,000 likes and over 17,000 retweets in less than 18 hours.
As a result, the professor has been suspended while an investigation into the matter has been ordered, according to JEE News.
“A professor in a classroom in India calls a Muslim student a ‘terrorist’ – this is what being a minority in India has been like!” Professor Swain tweeted highlighting the plight of minorities in the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Notorious for promoting right-wing politics in India.
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In the video above, the student is visibly upset when the professor calls him a terrorist in front of his classmates – simply because of his Muslim identity.
“How can you pass such statements?” The student was heard asking the professor.
The professor, apparently taken aback by the call, tells her that he said it “jokingly”.
“26/11 is not funny, it’s not funny to be a Muslim and to face such things in this country,” the student replied to him, after which the professor apologized and told him that he was equal to his son. .
The student asked him if he would do the same to his son.
“Would you treat your son like that? Would you call him a terrorist in front of everyone in class? Sorry, that alone won’t help, sir. It doesn’t matter how you present yourself here. We do,” said the Muslim boy.
Sources told JEE News that the student and the professor held talks after the incident, during which the latter also offered a personal apology.
