Police in Kochi are investigating school textbooks used by Peace International School in Kochi which contain highly 'objectional content'. The content in the primary school books advocate communal disharmony, foster non-secular feelings and force students to convert to Islam.

The school has classes from the LKG to eighth standard. "We suspect that this school's curriculum has been drafted with persons close to controversial preacher Zakir Naik of Mumbai based Islamic International School," sources have told PTI.

The New Indian Express quoted an officer as saying, "The contents of the textbooks recovered from the school exhort the students to lay down their lives for Islam."

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A picture of second grade textbook shared on Facebook asks questions like, "What if your friend Suzanne and Adam has decided to become a Muslim?" and gives inappropriate options like: "Would he or she have to change their name immediately to Ahmed or Sara, would he/she run away from home, and would he/she eat halal chicken".

The textbooks also exhort students to sacrifice their lives in the name of Islam. Facebook user Aysha Mahmood quotes radical questions from the books like, "why does Islam win wars? Because it is sacrifice we do for Allah," and "are you ready to die for Islam?".

According to reports, police suspect that the 21 missing people from Kasaragod who reportedly joined the Islamic State hail from this school. Abdul Rashid, one among the 21 persons from Kerala who had gone missing and is suspected to have joined ISIS, had worked as Public Relations Officer here. His wife Mariam, had worked as a teacher in the school, reports PTI.

A retired defence personnel in Kerala has launched an awareness programme to sensitise youth to stray away from terrorist outfits like LeT, IM, SIMI and IS, reports the New Indian Express.

Acclaimed Malayalam film director/producer Aashiq Abu shared the photo of the page from the textbook from his Facebook profile and his post is going viral now. What he wrote in his post closely translates to, "What kids learn in second standard are harmful."