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2 days, 1 hour ago

Bangladeshi Madrasa Students Dressed as ISIS Fighters at Cultural Program

Pune: Dr Abraham Mathai, former Vice-Chairman of Maharashtra State Minorities Commission, has expressed deep concern over alarming reports from Bangladesh at Jessore’s Jamia Islamia Madrasa that depict students dressed as ISIS militants, holding toy guns, reportedly under the guidance of a cleric. When they grow up, they will wield real guns, swords, and grenades… pic.twitter.com/YtBBp4Px0e “These shocking visuals from a …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Sambhal: Day After Shiva Temple Found, UP Admin Claims Rs 1.25 Crore Power Theft In Mosques, Madrasa

ABP News

A day after raids in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, the district administration reported uncovering power theft worth Rs 1.25 crore from four mosques and a madrasa. Sambhal: FIR Against 49 Over Illegal Power Theft In 4 Mosques, 1 Madarsa Simultaneously, the electricity department conducted a significant operation against power theft. Executive Engineer Naveen Gautam stated that raids in Deepa Sarai revealed …

Violence Power Power Theft Fir Pti Temple Indian Express

1 week, 4 days ago

NIA detained Madrasa worker in Sanand, Ahmedabad for suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed links

New Indian Express

AHMEDABAD: The National Investigation Agency has detained Adil, a suspect linked to the terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed, from a madrasa in Sanand near Ahmedabad. Police sources reported that a central agency had received intelligence indicating that an individual named Adil, who allegedly works at a madarsa in Chekhala village, Banas Kantha district, had links to the terrorist organization “Jaish-e-Mohammed”. Sources reveal …

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1 month ago

Madrasa funding investigation in Gonda: Joint action of ATS and IB, 286 Maktabs and 19 illegal Madrasas identified

Op India

On Sunday, 18th November, the Intelligence Bureau initiated an investigation into the funding of 286 Maktabs and 19 unrecognized madrasas in Gonda. IB officials visited the office of Gonda’s Minority Welfare Officer to obtain a list of the 286 Maktabs and 19 madrasas operating illegally without proper recognition. Under government directives, the IB has identified these unrecognized madrasas and Maktabs …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Centre urges Karnataka High Court to clear madrasa from Srirangapatna's Jama Masjid

India Today

The Central government has requested the Karnataka High Court to instruct the Mandya district administration and state authorities to clear madrasa activities from the historic Jama Masjid in Srirangapatna, sparking a legal face-off with the Karnataka Waqf Board. This request, submitted before a division bench led by Chief Justice NV Anjaria, comes in response to a public interest litigation filed …

Centre Jama Masjid Masjid

1 month, 1 week ago

SC declares UP madrasa board degrees invalid, 25,000 students affected

Deccan Chronicle

Lucknow: After the Supreme Court declared higher education degrees awarded by the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Board unconstitutional, there is a demand to accommodate the about 25,000 students who are currently pursing these courses in any other recognised university. In an order on November 5, the Supreme Court declared the Kamil and Fazil degrees -- equivalent to graduation and post-graduation degrees …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

SC Sets Aside Allahabad High Court Judgment on UP Madarsa Education Act

Hindustan Times

Clerics, stakeholders and many political parties have welcomed the Supreme Court's decision upholding the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004. The SC set aside the Allahabad high court's March judgment that declared the 2004 Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, unconstitutional while claiming that it violated principles of secularism.

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Supreme Court Upheld the Constitutional Validity of Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004

The Hindu

The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 except for its provisions allowing the Board to award higher degrees like Kamil (under-graduate studies) and Fazil (postgraduate studies). The court found that these provisions violate the Basic Structure of the Constitution by discriminating against students based on their religion affiliation. The …

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Supreme Court to Decide on Secularism in Madrasa Education Act

India Today

The Supreme Court of India has reserved its judgement on the challenge to the striking down of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 by the Allahabad High Court. The court emphasized that 'secularism means to live and let live' and highlighted the importance of accommodating diverse religious instruction in education.

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2 months ago

Religious Instruction in Madrasas: A Matter of National Interest?

The Hindu

The Supreme Court has ruled that India's centuries-old history of religious instruction cannot be wished away by ghettoising madrasa education. The court observed that religious instruction is not unique to Muslims and that it is a country that is a melting pot of cultures, civilisations, religions. The court also noted that the extent of State control would vary upon the …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Chandigarh: Madrasa teacher held for sexually assaulting minor boy

Hindustan Times

A 24-year-old teacher at a madrasa in Manimajra was arrested on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Police said during school hours, the teacher called the boy and asked him to massage his legs, following which, he touched him inappropriately. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} The accused has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual …

3 months, 1 week ago

Madrasas ‘unfit’ for proper education, child rights panel tells Supreme Court

The Hindu

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, the top child rights protection body in the country, has told the Supreme Court that madrasas are “unsuitable or unfit” places for children to receive “proper education”. “According to the information available the Deoband Madrasa fanned out across South Asia and has also set up seminaries, or madrassas, teaching an austere version …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Maulana Mansoor attempts to rape a Hindu woman who wanted Tabeez for her sick child; arrested

Op India

A shocking case of attempted rape of a Hindu woman inside the premises of a Madrasa has come to light from Amroha district of Uttar Pradesh. A Hindu woman, whose son has been suffering from illness, fell for the exorcism claims of the accused Maulana. Once she reached the Madrasa, the accused Maulana Mansoor told the victim that her son …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

MP: 37.5% madrasas closed in 3 yrs due to irregularities, fake enrolments

Hindustan Times

A 12-year-old girl was among four students enrolled in Barkatullah Madrasa, an educational institution in her neighbourhood in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha city, which now faces closure for enrolling Hindu students and showing higher enrolment to get government benefits. Renewal of registration of 577 madrasas in Madhya Pradesh is on hold because of enrolment of non-Muslim students, poor infrastructure and fake …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Madrasa Education: Is SPQEM a ‘Modern Band-Aid’ for a Medieval Mindset?

News 18

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Chairperson, Priyank Kanoongo, recently raised an alarm over the ‘radical’ curriculum in government-funded madrasas in Bihar, where books allegedly published in Pakistan are being taught. III According to the Council of Boards of School Education’s website, only seven states in India—Assam, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Odisha—have state madrasa …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Shaheen Group to maintain historic madrasa of Mahmud Gawan in Bidar

The Hindu

Bidar-based Shaheen Group of Institutions has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Archaeological Survey of India to maintain the historical Mahmud Gawan madrasa, one of the iconic structures of the Bahmani sultanate. Shaheen Group’s Chairman Dr. Abdul Qadeer signed the MoU with ASI Director Zulfequar Ali in New Delhi on August 28 to adopt the structure under the Adopt-a-Heritage …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Maulvi arrested for raping five minor girls inside an illegal Madarsa in Uttarakhand

Op India

A shocking case of rape and sexual exploitation of at least five minor girls, aged 5 to 9 years, inside the premises of an illegal Madrasa, has come to light from Uttarakhand’s Rudrapur. Police statement on the modus-operandi of the accused Maulvi SSP, Manjunath TC, said, “In the complaint, one girl’s mother alleged that apart from her daughter, the maulvi, …

Girls Uttarakhand Accused Ssp Minor Urdu Maulvi

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Delhi: Child dies under mysterious circumstances at madrasa in Dayalpur

India TV News

In a startling incident, a five-year-old boy studying at a madrasa in Delhi has died under mysterious circumstances, the police said on Saturday. On Friday, the police said they received a call regarding the death of the boy in the Brijpuri madrasa at 9.52 pm. Providing further details, the police official said, "At 6.30 pm on Friday, the boy's mother …

Delhi Her Son Boy Madrasa Child Dies

4 months, 1 week ago

Hindi, maths, social science to be a must in all madrasas in U.P: Rajbhar

Hindustan Times

Uttar Pradesh minority welfare minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Sunday said the government is committed to ensuring compulsory teaching of Hindi, maths and social science in all madrasas in the state. For Representation Only “Madrasas are free to teach Urdu, Arabic and Persian, but the government is committed to ensuring compulsory teaching of Hindi, maths and social science. Uttar Pradesh …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Minor stabbed to death inside Madrasa days after verbal argument with a fellow student; Police arrest 12-year-old accused

Op India

On the intervening night of 1-2 August, minor Mohammad Ayan was stabbed to death inside a madrasa in Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh. During the investigation, Police found out that a few days earlier, verbal arguments broke out between Mohammad Ayan and the accused minor. The deceased madrasa student was a resident of Jarwa police station area of Balrampur district. …

Student Victim Accused Madrasa Balrampur District Mohammad Ayan

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Madrasa teacher sentenced to triple life sentence for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl in Kerala

Op India

A fast-track court in Kerala’s Tirur convicted a Madrasa teacher, Abdur Rahiman, for sexually assaulting a minor girl who was under the age of seven at the time of the crime. The court also imposed a fine on the convicted Madrasa teacher and asked him to pay Rs 1.5 lakh. On 27th June, Mathrubhumi reported that a teacher was sentenced …

Kerala Fine Case Convicted Teacher Madrasa Imprisonment

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh: Suspicious death of 17-year-old girl at madarsa in Vijayawada triggers outrage

Op India

On 28th June, a 17-year-old girl named Karishma died under mysterious circumstances at a madrasa in Ajit Singh Nagar, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. Upon learning about the incident, local authorities including Vijayawada Central MLA Bonda Umamaheswara Rao, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation officials and police reached Madarsa to investigate the matter. While the madrasa officials claimed Karishma fell ill due to food poisoning, …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Nepal: Muslims rename village as Islam Nagar, attack local Hindus

Op India

There have been reports of communal strife in Nepal’s Rautahat district where Muslims named a village Islam Nagar and erected a board with it. Muslim community dominates despite making up only 4% of the population OpIndia spoke to Rajesh Yadav, the national president of Nepal’s “Hindu Samrat Sena” organization who revealed that there are only ten Muslim houses in Pothiyahi …

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6 months ago

Stirring the communal cauldron in Medak

The Hindu

Broken pieces of glass from windowpanes, smashed furniture, stones, drops of congealed blood, stretchers, and syringes litter the floor of the Medak Orthopaedic Hospital, two days after it was attacked by an enraged mob. A series of incidents on that fateful day, starting with a quarrel over cattle kept at a madrasa in Indrapuri Colony around 10.30 a.m., culminated in …

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Bangladeshi Madrasa Students Dressed as ISIS Fighters at Cultural Program

Sambhal: Day After Shiva Temple Found, UP Admin Claims Rs 1.25 Crore Power Theft In Mosques, Madrasa

NIA detained Madrasa worker in Sanand, Ahmedabad for suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed links

Madrasa funding investigation in Gonda: Joint action of ATS and IB, 286 Maktabs and 19 illegal Madrasas identified

Centre urges Karnataka High Court to clear madrasa from Srirangapatna's Jama Masjid

SC declares UP madrasa board degrees invalid, 25,000 students affected

SC Sets Aside Allahabad High Court Judgment on UP Madarsa Education Act

Supreme Court Upheld the Constitutional Validity of Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004

Supreme Court to Decide on Secularism in Madrasa Education Act

Religious Instruction in Madrasas: A Matter of National Interest?

Chandigarh: Madrasa teacher held for sexually assaulting minor boy

Madrasas ‘unfit’ for proper education, child rights panel tells Supreme Court

Maulana Mansoor attempts to rape a Hindu woman who wanted Tabeez for her sick child; arrested

MP: 37.5% madrasas closed in 3 yrs due to irregularities, fake enrolments

Madrasa Education: Is SPQEM a ‘Modern Band-Aid’ for a Medieval Mindset?

Shaheen Group to maintain historic madrasa of Mahmud Gawan in Bidar

Maulvi arrested for raping five minor girls inside an illegal Madarsa in Uttarakhand

Delhi: Child dies under mysterious circumstances at madrasa in Dayalpur

Hindi, maths, social science to be a must in all madrasas in U.P: Rajbhar

Minor stabbed to death inside Madrasa days after verbal argument with a fellow student; Police arrest 12-year-old accused

Madrasa teacher sentenced to triple life sentence for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl in Kerala

Andhra Pradesh: Suspicious death of 17-year-old girl at madarsa in Vijayawada triggers outrage

Nepal: Muslims rename village as Islam Nagar, attack local Hindus

Stirring the communal cauldron in Medak