Hyderabad, July 16 -- A private school in Hyderabad's Old City has sacked a teacher after the parents of a Class 2 Hindu student alleged that their child was assigned Islamic religious verses as homework.

The student, enrolled at Success, The School, in Sayeedabad, was asked to recite the Kalma and Surah Fatiha. According to the parents, the teacher had noted "Read Surah Fatiha" in the school diary under the subject "Deeniyath" on July 15. Earlier, on July 11, the teacher had written "Read Kalima" in the diary, but the entry was struck off, apparently after the teacher realised the subject did not apply to the non-Muslim student.

The school management said almost all its students are Muslim and are taught "Deeniyath," or Islamic studies...