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The man who campaigned against sati appears only as an enemy of Muslims

Raja Ram Mohan Roy — the reformer most associated with the abolition of sati — appears in Punjab's Pakistan Studies 9 solely as someone who "used to speak against Muslims out of Muslim hostility". The reform programme is not refuted; it is deleted.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy is the reformer most associated with the abolition of sati. In Punjab's Pakistan Studies 9 he appears once, as a man who “used to speak against Muslims out of Muslim hostility” — inside the same chapter that keys “Hindus are not our friends” as a correct answer (p. 18). His reform programme is never stated and therefore never refuted. This is the mechanism worth noticing: the book does not argue against the reform, it removes the reformer's reason for being in the story.

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Punjab Pakistan Studies 9 quoted A6 Othering intensity PDF p. 18 English, page-verified

Trans-historical enmity, taught as examinable content. "In 1867, while exposing the enmity of Hindus against Muslims, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan had clearly declared:" — with the keyed option "(c) Hindus are not our friends." (p.18). "Quaid-e-Azam with his towering personality, overcame many problems created after independence. The Hindus tried to create all kinds of difficulties for Pakistan… and the ill-treatment of the Muslims by the Hindus" (p.37). "After the establishment of Pakistan, Hindu-Muslim riots had become common due to the hatred of Hindus towards the Muslims in India." (p.39). 1971 causes: "(ii) Impact of Hindus on Trade and Services… they were stirring up separation sentiments under hidden motives"; "(iv) Role of Hindu Teachers — Education sector in East Pakistan was totally under the control of the Hindus. They poisoned the Bengalis against Pakistan" (p.56). Arya Samaj "aimed at forcibly converting non-Hindus into Hindus" (p.4).

Boards and confidence

Punjab high confidence

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Source

Punjab Pakistan Studies 9, 2022-23 edition — PDF p. 18

The Ram Mohan Roy sentence is at PDF p. 4; the evidence record below is the same book’s headline record for this axis and covers a different passage.

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Textbook Evidence Project, “The man who campaigned against sati appears only as an enemy of Muslims”. Evidence from 1 textbook (Punjab). Corpus version 210 records. Retrieved from https://textbookevidence.com/findings/ram-mohan-roy-deleted/

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