{"id":11061,"date":"2016-07-15T17:57:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T17:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=11058&preview_id=11058"},"modified":"2016-07-15T17:57:06","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T17:57:06","slug":"leading-malaysian-university-sacks-lecturer-for-disparaging-hindus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=11061","title":{"rendered":"Leading Malaysian university sacks lecturer for disparaging Hindus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Malaysia<\/strong>: A leading Malaysian University has sacked a lecturer responsible for developing a controversial teaching module that disparaged Hindus and Sikhs triggering outraged among the minority communities in the Muslim-majority country.<\/p>\n

The lecture slides from the module of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), which went viral online, had portrayed Hindus in India as “unclean and dirty” and misrepresented the history of Sikhism.<\/p>\n

India had expressed concern over the “negative and incorrect” picture conveyed about Hinduism and Sikhism, following which the varsity had also issued an apology.<\/p>\n

UTM vice-chancellor Dr Prof Wahid Omar said the lecturer responsible for the controversial slides has been sacked and his 30-day dismissal notice came into effect on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“He is still at the university as he still needs to serve the one-month notice,” he was quoted by Star daily as saying.<\/p>\n

Asked why the dismissal was not immediate, Dr Wahid said the procedure had to be done according to the contract, which meant giving the staff a month’s notice. The Higher Education Ministry had viewed the matter seriously and had called for “stringent action”. The slides were part of a university course mandatory for tertiary students.<\/p>\n

The university is currently reviewing the course module, which includes appointing experts in Indian, Sikh and Chinese civilisation studies.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the youth wing of the country’s largest ethnic Indian based political party, the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) welcomed the sacking of the lecturer.<\/p>\n

Youth chief C Sivarraajh said the lecture materials should never have been made in the first place.<\/p>\n

“The slides were likely made with an intention to ridicule and downgrade Hinduism and Sikhism,” he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Sivarraajh hoped such an incident would not recur, especially by educationists from a university that should place value on learning.<\/p>\n

Muslim-majority Malaysia’s 28 million population include 60 per cent Malays who are all Muslims, 25 per cent ethnic Chinese mostly Christians and Buddhists and eight per cent ethnic Indians, a majority of whom are Hindus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Leading Malaysian university sacks lecturer for disparaging Hindus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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