There was a huge row over the recital of \u2018kalima\u2019 during morning prayers in Kanpur where Florets International School’s<\/a> school manager was booked under the state\u2019s anti-conversion law and for hurting religious sentiments.<\/p>\n Police said they were alerted by a tweet that alleged that the school was making students recite Islamic prayers during morning prayers. An FIR was lodged against the manager of a private school in Uttar Pradesh\u2019s Kanpur on Tuesday under the state\u2019s anti-conversion law and for hurting religious sentiments after a parent of a student complained about the \u2018kalima\u2019 being recited in the school during morning prayers.<\/p>\n After this, a joint team of officials from the district administration and police met the school principal and the manager, who informed them that their students have been reciting prayers of four religions for the last several years and no parent had objected to it. \u201cSchool authorities also told us that on Friday, few parents objected to four prayers so they stopped it. Now, only the national anthem is being sung during morning prayers,\u201d Kanpur Assistant Commissioner of Police Nishank Sharma.<\/p>\n In a video, school principal Ankit Yadav is allegedly heard saying that the school has been reciting four prayers since 2003 when the school started. \u201cParents of a few students raised objections now, after which we immediately took action and stopped four prayers. We are now going with the national anthem,\u201d Yadav said.<\/p>\n The school has had a tradition for years since 2003 of singing songs and reciting prayers from all religions basically to teach tolerance and acceptance of different religions.<\/p>\n Ashok Swain said, “In UP, India, in the morning prayer class, students of a school have been singing, the prayers from all religions for years. Now, Hindu far right angry that students also singing Islamic prayers, school has been closed for 2 days, washed with Ganga water, an FIR has been lodged.”<\/p>\n In UP, India, in the morning prayer class, students of a school have been singing, the prayers from all religions for years. Now, Hindu far right angry that students also singing Islamic prayers, school has been closed for 2 days, washed with Ganga water, an FIR has been lodged.<\/p>\n — Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) August 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n