'Uneducated Racist', Gauahar Khan Slams Teacher Who Compared Muslim Student To A 'Terrorist'

In a shocking incident, a college student in Karnataka apparently compared a Muslim student with a terrorist in a class last week. The student didn't stay silent on this and instead confronted the teacher. The video has made way on the internet and has been receiving backlash. Actress and former Bigg Boss contestant Gauahar Khan has also reacted to the viral video and slammed the teacher.

Gauahar Khan slams teacher who compared Muslim student to terrorist

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Slamming the teacher for using derogatory and sensitive remarks, Gauahar Khan called him an "uneducated racist".

Furthermore, she lauded the "brave boy who stood his ground without losing his language." For the uninitiated, hearing his Muslim name, the teacher had blurted, "Oh, you are like Kasab!". Ajmal Kasab was the lone Pakistani terrorist who was captured alive after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. He was executed in 2012.

The student is the educated one , still talking with respect, and the teacher is the uneducated racist . Will action be taken against that teacher ??? How dare he .. #shameful brave boy who stood his ground without losing his language. https://t.co/rk2s9fsKHR

¡ª Gauahar Khan (@GAUAHAR_KHAN) November 28, 2022

For the unversed, the student reportedly sent a message one of the student groups of the university asking his fellow students to forgive the teacher.

The message reads, "Hello everyone, all of you must have seen a video going viral, wherein a student is telling his teacher that racist comments are not acceptable. The reason behind this was him calling me by an unacceptable name, Kasab, one of the biggest terrorists this country has ever seen. It was a joke, which cannot be considered a valid-enough reason to question the identity of a human being."

Statement by Manipal Institute of Technology on recent incident of a Professor allegedly refering to a Muslim student as 'Kasab'. pic.twitter.com/MOGF9pnV4m

¡ª Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) November 28, 2022

"However, I had a conversation with the lecturer and realised that he genuinely meant that apology, and we as a student community must let it go as a genuine mistake. I understand what was going on in his head and would like to believe he didn't mean it. It came across wrong from a teacher, a person we admire, but it can be ignored this time. Thank you for standing with me through this. It means a lot", it added.

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More than that Muslim boy who stood up for himself like a boss and the abnoxious Manipal University professor who compared the student to Kasab, I genuinely feel pity for other students who were sitting awkwardly and hoping for the mess to clear by itself. https://t.co/g7ggnI9p9N

¡ª Shwetha Chandrashekhar (@ShwethaChandra3) November 28, 2022

In the video doing the rounds, the student confronts the teacher and says that his joke was not funny and that 26/11 was not funny. "You are just like my kid," the teacher said. The teacher apologised and tried to take the situation under control, the student however asserted, "Will you call your son by the name of a terrorist? Khallas? How can you talk to me like that in front of so many people in the class."

The teacher has been suspended from the Manipal Institute of Technology in Udipi.

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