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2 months ago

SC Rejects High Court's Ban on Madrasa Education, Emphasizing Its Importance in Promoting National Integration

The Supreme Court has affirmed the importance of institutions such as madrasas, vedic schools and Buddhist monasteries, stating that they should not be seen as a threat to constitutional principles. The court emphasized that it is the responsibility of the State to regulate these institutions and ensure that children receive modern education alongside religious teachings, ultimately in the national interest.

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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 ago

SC Says Laws Regulating Minority Institutions Don't Breach Secularism, But It's a Complex Case

The Hindu

The Supreme Court has ruled that laws regulating institutions run by religious or linguistic minorities, for that very reason alone, cannot be accused of breaching secularism. The court observed that a law per se regulating an institution belonging to a particular community does not ipso facto [by the fact itself] offend the principle of secularism.

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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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5 months ago

AIMPLB, other Muslim outfits condemn UP, MP actions against madrasas

Hindustan Times

Lucknow The All India Muslim Personal Law Board and other religious and social organisations of Muslims have strongly condemned what they call actions targeting madrasas in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and other states. The AIMPLB press release highlighted the contributions of madrasas and their students in the country’s independence and post -independence development. The release signed by president of AIMPLB …

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5 months, 1 week ago

KDA to facilitate Kannada learning at Madrasas

The Hindu

As part of its ambitious programmes to protect, develop and expand the Kannada language, the Kannada Development Authority has come up with a plan to introduce Kannada teaching at Madrasas — Muslim religious institutions. The same could be used to teach Kannada at Madrasas,” Mr. Bilimale said. Retaining Kannada names Expressing concerns over the challenges the original Kannada names of …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Jamiat lashes out at ‘saffronisation of education system’

The Hindu

The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has hit out at “the attempt to saffronise the education system”. “The Jamiat strongly condemns the attempt by the Central and State Governments to saffronise the education system and compel students to engage in practices that contradict their religious beliefs,” the resolution said. Jamiat, which is the oldest Muslim body with roots in the freedom struggle, appealed …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Madrasas violate student rights, children’s body tells Allahabad HC

The Hindu

In an intervention application before the Allahabad High Court, in a matter pertaining to religious education imparted in institutions at the government’s expense, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has submitted that the education given to children in madrasas is not adequate or comprehensive. The court, while hearing a petition filed by Azaj Ahmad who teaches in a …

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1 year, 8 months ago

‘Won’t tolerate bigotry’: CM Chouhan to survey madrasas

Hindustan Times

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday ordered a review of illegal madrasas and institutions where students were being radicalised, saying that fanaticism had no place in the state. Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told the superintendents of police of all 52 districts that illegal madrasas and institutions that were teaching radicalism will be reviewed. In a meeting …

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1 year, 8 months ago

How religious edu can be imparted at state’s expense: Allahabad HC asks Centre, U.P. govt

Hindustan Times

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has directed the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government to file affidavits explaining how religious education can be imparted in government-funded madrasas at the government’s expense. The court ordered both the Centre and the state government to file affidavits within the next six weeks noting that in madrasas religious education is also …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Can Religious Education Be Imparted In Govt-Funded Madrasas, Does It Violate Articles 14, 25, 26, 29 & 30?: Allahabad HC Asks Centre, State Govt

Live Law

The Allahabad High Court recently sought a response from the Central and State Governments as to whether religious education can be imparted in Government funded Madrasas and whether this could be in violation of Articles 14, 25, 26, 29, and 30 of the Constitution of India. "The affidavits of the Central Government from the Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government …

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1 year, 9 months ago

CM Himanta Says All Assam Madrasas to be Shut, Calls Cong 'New Mughals'

News 18

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is visiting Karnataka, said he intended to shut all the madrasas in his state, as they were not needed in “New India”. “There is no need of madrasas in this ‘New India’,” he asserted, adding, “We have to move forward in this direction, we have to transform our education system; time has come …

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2 years, 3 months ago

AIMPLB Alleges Private Madrasa Survey in UP a 'Nefarious Attempt' to Create Distance Between Communities

News 18

The survey of private madrasas ordered by the Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh is now churning up a political storm. After objection by Bahujan Samaj Party Chief and former Chief Minister of the state Mayawati, now All India Muslim Personal Law Board has once again protested against the order of the government. The Board, therefore, requests the government to …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Will go after madrasas involved in jihad: Assam government

The Hindu

GUWAHATI The Assam government on September 2 said it would continue to go after the madrasas found involved in “jihadi” activities. The assertion followed the threat of the minority-based All India United Democratic Front to approach the Supreme Court against the “increasing incidents” of demolition of madrasas allegedly fuelling fundamentalist activities. On Wednesday, AIUDF chief and Dhubri MP, Maulana Badruddin …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Opinion: The Murders of Kishan Bharwad and Harsha Show Radical Islamism Needs to Be Nipped in The Bud

News 18

With each passing day, the grisly day-light murder of a 27-year-old Hindu man, Kishan Bharwad, from Dhandhuka near Ahmedabad in Gujarat, reveals the ghastly face of Islamist fundamentalism. As the events of the day unfold, the brutal face of Islamism emerges, recalling the assassination of the late Kamlesh Tiwari of Uttar Pradesh, a similar case of alleged “blasphemy.” Blasphemy and …

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2 years, 10 months ago

ISI-funded mosques, madarsas on India-Nepal border raise serious security concerns

India TV News

Highlights Rising numbers of ISI-funded mosques, madarsas on India-Nepal border raise serious security concerns These religious setups have mushroomed within 10 km from Nepal border and also across border This leads to demographic change in some parts of border areas in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal The rising number of mosques and madarsas in the last three years along …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Madrassas Run On State-Funds Can't Impart Religious Instructions: Gauhati High Court Upholds Assam Law

Live Law

In a significant judgment delivered on Friday, the Gauhati High Court has upheld the constitutionality of the law passed by the Assam assembly in 2020 to convert State-funded Madrassas into general schools.The High Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Assam Repealing Act 2020 which repealed the Assam Madrassa Education. Advocate General of Assam D Saikia clarified to the Court …

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3 years, 1 month ago

42 Islamic scholars to complete modern education in Mumbai

India Today

Through a citizens initiative, 42 ulemas from Mumbai have enrolled for graduate and preparatory courses from Yashwant Chavan Maharashtra Open University. This will be an opportunity for religious scholars graduating from religious schools, Imam of masjids, and teachers of madrasas to complete their modern education at a government-approved university in Maharashtra. Aim of Yashwant Chavan Maharashtra Open University Aamir Ansari, …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Is State Funding To Madrasas & Other Religious Educational Institutions Consistent With Constitution's Secular Scheme?: Allahabad HC Seeks Govt Reply

Live Law

The Allahabad High Court recently decided to consider a bunch of questions framed by it on issues related to religious educational institutions like Madrasa vis-a-vis the role of and interplay between the State Government and such institutions within the framework of the Constitution.The Bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot was hearing the plea of a Madrasa duly recognized by the Madrasa …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Sri Lanka announces burqa ban, to shut 1,000 madrasas

The Hindu

Sri Lanka will soon ban the burqa or face veil, a Cabinet Minister said on Saturday, as he announced the Rajapaksa administration’s latest policy decision impacting the minority Muslim community. Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara said authorities would henceforth use the controversial Prevention of Terrorism law — that human rights defenders have termed ‘draconian’— to deal with religious extremism, with …

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4 years, 2 months ago

BJP leaders have lost mental balance: Congress after BJP MLA asks Maharashtra CM to shut down Madrasas

India Today

Congress launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party after one of its leaders wrote to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray asking him to shut down the state-funded madrasas. Attacking the BJP, Congress leader Sachin Sawant said the BJP leaders have "lost mental balance". Sachin Sawant's remark came after a BJP MLA wrote to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, asking …

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4 years, 2 months ago

AIUDF opposes Assam government's decision to close down Madrasas

India Today

The All India United Democratic Front on Wednesday strongly objected to the BJP-led Assam government for its decision to close down state-run Madrasas and Himanta Biswa Sarma’s ‘Love Jihad’ comment. Earlier, Assam Education Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state government will not allow public money to teach the Muslim religious book Quran. When Himanta Biswa Sarma was …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Muslim clerics oppose Assam government's decision to close down state-run Madrasas

India Today

Muslim clerics in Assam have strongly opposed the state government’s decision to close down all state-run Madrasas. Recently, Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the state government will close down all government-run Madrasas and Sanskrit tols in the state by November this year. “We will also take a decision over Sanskrit tols, But, tols and Madrasas are different …

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SC Rejects High Court's Ban on Madrasa Education, Emphasizing Its Importance in Promoting National Integration

Religious Instruction in Madrasas: A Matter of National Interest?

SC Says Laws Regulating Minority Institutions Don't Breach Secularism, But It's a Complex Case

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?

AIMPLB, other Muslim outfits condemn UP, MP actions against madrasas

KDA to facilitate Kannada learning at Madrasas

Jamiat lashes out at ‘saffronisation of education system’

Madrasas violate student rights, children’s body tells Allahabad HC

‘Won’t tolerate bigotry’: CM Chouhan to survey madrasas

How religious edu can be imparted at state’s expense: Allahabad HC asks Centre, U.P. govt

Can Religious Education Be Imparted In Govt-Funded Madrasas, Does It Violate Articles 14, 25, 26, 29 & 30?: Allahabad HC Asks Centre, State Govt

CM Himanta Says All Assam Madrasas to be Shut, Calls Cong 'New Mughals'

AIMPLB Alleges Private Madrasa Survey in UP a 'Nefarious Attempt' to Create Distance Between Communities

Will go after madrasas involved in jihad: Assam government

Opinion: The Murders of Kishan Bharwad and Harsha Show Radical Islamism Needs to Be Nipped in The Bud

ISI-funded mosques, madarsas on India-Nepal border raise serious security concerns

Madrassas Run On State-Funds Can't Impart Religious Instructions: Gauhati High Court Upholds Assam Law

42 Islamic scholars to complete modern education in Mumbai

Is State Funding To Madrasas & Other Religious Educational Institutions Consistent With Constitution's Secular Scheme?: Allahabad HC Seeks Govt Reply

Sri Lanka announces burqa ban, to shut 1,000 madrasas

BJP leaders have lost mental balance: Congress after BJP MLA asks Maharashtra CM to shut down Madrasas

AIUDF opposes Assam government's decision to close down Madrasas

Muslim clerics oppose Assam government's decision to close down state-run Madrasas