'Persecuted for Muslim Identity': 500+ Academics Show Support For Jindal Teacher
Aliza Noor | 08 January 2024 | The Quint
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Jindal University professor Sameena Dalwai "is being persecuted for her Muslim identity and her political beliefs, by people who define India with narrow, ignorant lens," reads a letter by over 500 academics expressing solidarity for Dalwai as she faces FIR and trolling.
This comes nearly two months after she was attacked on X (formerly Twitter) for being "anti-Hindu" and violating students' privacy by showing their dating App profiles in the class, as The Quint reported in detail in November 2023.
The letter, signed by many noted personalities such as Nivedita Menon, historians Ramachandra Guha and Tanika Sarkar, professors Nandini Sundar and Niraja Jayal and lawyer Lawrence Liang and Geeta Seshu of Free Speech Collective. It also includes many faculty members of Jindal University too….