2024-02-21 16:29:49
The Sikh community in the UK criticized the University of Birmingham for mistaking the Sikh community for Muslims in a post shared on social media. Expressing disappointment at the mistake made by the university, she asked that such mistakes should not happen in 2024. The university has since removed the post shared on social media and apologized for the mistake. The Birmingham Mail reported that a langar (community meal) held by Sikh students was mistaken for a Muslim community event.
The Birmingham employee who manages the university’s Instagram account was tagging the 20-year-old event run by the Sikh community as Discover Islam Week. For the last 20 years, langar has been conducted in the university campus under the leadership of Sikh students. Langar is a community kitchen that distributes free food to people belonging to all walks of life. It is very important in Sikh tradition. A similar program is being run at 15 universities in the UK.
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Free vegetarian food is distributed under the leadership of students from the Sikh community. Although the university has held this program for years, it has been criticized for mistaking it for Discover Islam Week, an annual event organized by the Islamic community. Sikh Press Association senior press officer Jasvir Singh was quoted as saying by the Birmingham Mail that it was disappointing that university officials were ignorant of the various communities there. The University of Birmingham teaches the principles of Sikhism.
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People from the same community are also appointed as teachers. He also pointed out that Sikh programs are regularly organized in the university campus. This is very frustrating. He said this clarifies that employees should be given proper training and awareness. Many on social media commented that the lapse on the part of the university was shameful. The university apologized and removed the post after it received severe criticism. The University sincerely apologizes for the mistake of sharing the misleading post and for the inconvenience caused. A mistake was found in the post shared on social media. The post has since been removed, a University of Birmingham spokeswoman said.
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- First Published : February 21, 2024, 9:59 pm IST
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