Hyderabad school terminates teacher who allegedly gave ‘Kalma’ recitation as homework

A Hyderabad private school terminated a teacher after assigning religious homework. Parents of a Hindu student protested the school’s instruction to recite Islamic prayers. The school issued a termination letter and permanently disqualified the teacher from future employment. BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla claimed his intervention led to the teacher’s removal. The school has not publicly commented beyond issuing the termination letter.