Bengaluru: The Karnataka Wakf Board has demanded that the state education department should permit Muslim students to celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi (ﷺ) in schools like the Ganesh festival is being celebrated.
Eid Milad-un-Nabi (ﷺ) is an annual celebration to commemorate the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad and is observed in the month of Rabi-ul-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic lunar calendar, which commences with the sighting of the moon.
However, Minister B C Nagesh stated on Thursday that no religious function is allowed in schools. Such permission has not been given so far and the demand of the Wakf Board will not be considered, IANS reported.
Nagesh said that the celebration of the Ganesh festival has not been introduced by the BJP government. The idols of Lord Ganesh have been kept in schools since the pre-independence period.
Shafi Saadi, Chairman of the Wakf Board, demanded that, “there should be an opportunity for the celebration of festivals of our religion. Children belonging to all religions must have equal rights.
The Wakf Board had also demanded that the education department reserve a separate room in schools to perform namaz.
“During the hijab crisis also we had clarified that misunderstandings must be allayed through creating awareness about religious matters. Like the Ganesh festival is celebrated, a room should be kept for the practice of Islam,” he maintained.
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