Invoking God in school and college songs, in any language, does not violate any law of the country | The Indian Express

Invoking God in school and college songs, in any language, does not violate any law of the country | The Indian Express

Written by Tahir Mahmood |Updated: October 22, 2019 9:31:46 am

The writer is distinguished jurist chair and professor of eminence, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Amity University.

Invoking God in school and college songs, in any language, does not violate any law of the country

Does a prayer become objectionable because it is in Urdu, because God is invoked as Khuda and Allah?

Does it really need a prolonged inquiry to discover that the Urdu prayer, for allowing which the poor teacher is facing punishment, is conspicuously non-religious?

“No Lord but Jesus Christ. There is only one true God. Forgive us, Father, for allowing a prayer which is an abomination in your right.” This is what a group of fanatics had shouted in the United States Senate, protesting against the recitation of a classical Indian prayer at the beginning of a session in July 2007.