An image of a textbook with objectionable and communal content is doing the rounds on social media. Many users claim that the text book was published by the Kerala government to brainwash the students.
A Facebook user posted the viral image with a caption: Muslim Aslam: Hygienic, we should buy sweets from his shop. Hindu Appan: Unhygienic, nobody should buy his sweets. Muslim Adil: Hygienic & has good habits. Hindu Abhimanyu: Unhygienic, never takes bath, smells bad. This is what Kerala govt is teaching in their schools…. This is how commies brainwash the little kids…
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Fact Check
NewsMobile fact checked the claim, and found it to be misleading.
The NM team came across a post on X with the same claim. We also found another post with a similar image dated April 7, 2021.
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With a keyword search, we found another report in The News Minute — an independent digital platform, dated October 12, 2016, with a title: “What advice will you give if your friend converts to Islam? Second-grade textbook asks.” According to the report, a private Islamic school chain, named Peace International School, had included similar content in their textbooks.
Another article from The News Minute, dated January 4, 2018, and titled “Kerala govt orders closure of controversial Peace School for teaching communal content,” confirms that the Kerala government took action and shut down the school in 2018 for teaching objectionable and communal content to its students.
The Kerala Minister for General Education, V. Sivankutty, also clarifies on a X post that the book in question has not been published by the Kerala government.
“This book is not published by the Kerala Govt’s Education Dept. Merely another endeavor to incite animosity towards the state. Those acquainted with us understand the camaraderie & unity among the Keralites. No room for hatred — precisely why communal agenda fails to take root here,” he wrote.
Thus, it is confirmed that the viral image of textbook with communal content has not been published by the Kerala government, as claimed.
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