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Teenager's Skeleton Found In Kanpur Madrassa; ABCD, May 2023 Written On Board

ABP News

The skeletal remains of a teenager have been found in a defunct madrassa in Kanpur, police said. The madrassa was closed for several years but the police found ABCD written on the board in the room, a report by Aaj Tak said. The report also added that the date mentioned on the board was May 18, 2023, raising suspicion since …

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1 month, 1 week ago

UP Islamic seminary Darul Uloom lifts ban on women's entry, veils compulsory

India Today

The ban on the entry of women in Darul Uloom, an Islamic seminary here in Deoband, has been lifted. The management of the Islamic educational institution, which earlier this year banned the entry of women over complaints of "reels" being shot inside the campus, said videography would be completely prohibited and visitors would have to deposit their phones at the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

After 6 months: Deoband seminary lifts ban on women visitors, imposes conditions

Hindustan Times

The prominent Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has resumed conditional entry of women, albeit in purdah, into its premises six months after imposing a ban on them on the ground that women uploaded reels of their visit on social media, which brought disrepute to the institution. The seminary’s spokesperson Ashraf Usmani on Saturday said the ban on entry of women …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Catholics face a shortage of priests. But one Indonesian seminary is overwhelmed with applicants

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. More men are entering seminary, …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

California evangelical seminary ponders changes that would make it more welcoming to LGBTQ students

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Fuller Theological Seminary, an evangelical school in Pasadena, California, is deliberating whether to become more open to LGBTQ+ students who previously faced possible expulsion if found to be in a same-sex union. “It’s a bold step for a school that fought off lawsuits on this very issue a few years ago.” At the same time, several current …

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7 months ago

Darul Uloom bans entry of women, says they made reels; activists say unfair

Hindustan Times

MEERUT: Influential Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband in western Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district has banned the entry of women and girls on the ground that “reels” were being shot on its campus and circulated on social media, triggering criticism of the decision for being “anti-women” and unfair. Darul Uloom Deoband said entry of women and girls was already banned in …

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9 months ago

Southern Baptists pick a California seminary president to lead its troubled administrative body

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Jeff Iorg, the longtime president of the Southern Baptist …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Fatwa on website:No ground for lodging FIR against Darul Uloom of Deoband, say police

Hindustan Times

MEERUT Police report has been submitted to the district magistrate of Saharanpur regarding a fatwa on the website of Darul Uloom of Deoband. Spokesperson of Darul Uloom of Deoband Ashraf Usmani explained that the matter was posted on the fatwa website of the seminary in 2008 and it was simply a reference of Hadith about Gazwa-e- Hind and none of …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Indian town sets a curfew and orders police to shoot violators after deadly clashes over a mosque

Associated Press

LUCKNOW, India — Authorities in a northern Indian town imposed an indefinite curfew and ordered police to shoot violators after clashes over the construction of a Muslim seminary and a mosque left at least five people dead and more than 150 injured, officials said Friday. The violence Thursday also led authorities to shut down internet services and schools in Haldwani, …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Rajnath on three-day Lucknow visit from June 16

Hindustan Times

Defence minister Rajnath Singh will visit prominent Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in his Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency on the first of his three-day visit on Friday evening. This will be Rajnath’s first visit to the Islamic seminary since its rector and renowned Islamic scholar Rabey Hasani Nadwi passed away in April. “Since Rajnath ji hadn’t been here since …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Bolivian Catholic priest accused of abusing seminary students

Associated Press

LA PAZ, Bolivia — A Bolivian priest has been detained on suspicion of abusing seminary students a decade ago in a case that emerged after news broke earlier this month of a pedophilia scandal involving a late Jesuit priest in the Andean country. Milton Murillo, a Catholic parish priest at the Church of San Roque in the southern region of …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Darul Uloom Deoband issues fatwa warning students against shaving, says students without beards won't be allowed on the premises

Op India

On Monday, Darul Uloom Deoband, the biggest Islamic seminary in India issued a fatwa warning the students against trimming their beards. The fatwa further recalled that on February 6, four of the Darul Uloom Deoband students were dismissed for trimming their beards. Maulana Mufti Asad Qasmi of Madrasa Jamia Sheikhul Hind, who is also a former student of Darul Uloom …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Darul Uloom supports survey of madrasas, issues advisory

The Hindu

In a conference of madrasas organised by Darul Uloom in Deoband on Sunday, the leading Islamic seminary said it was not against the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Government survey of unrecognised madrasas in the State and appealed to the management of madrasas to cooperate with the government officials in carrying out the survey. “So far the picture of the survey that …

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3 years ago

No relief for former president of Union Biblical Seminary in POSH case

Hindustan Times

The Bombay high court last week dismissed a petition by the former president of the Union Biblical Seminary in Pune, David G Samuel, questioning the jurisdiction of the Internal Complaints Committee which held him guilty of sexually harassing an employee. On June 23, 2020, an employee of the seminary lodged a written complaint against Samuel under provisions of the Sexual …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Lived in Kabul for years, right under everyone's noses: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid

India Today

Taliban’s spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, who appeared before the media for the first time in a decade at a press conference after the insurgent group seized Kabul last month, said that he lived in the Afghan capital right under the nose of his adversaries who considered him a 'ghost-like' figure during the war. "I escaped so many times from their raids …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid says he lived in Kabul right under nose of his adversaries

The Hindu

Taliban’s spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, who appeared before the media for the first time in a decade at a press conference after the insurgent group seized Kabul last month, said that he lived in the Afghan capital right under the nose of his adversaries who considered him a 'ghost-like' figure during the war. "I escaped so many times from their raids …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan: Policewoman abducted, tortured, sexually assaulted in Punjab

India TV News

Pakistan Police force's female sub-inspector who serves as a gender crime officer was abducted and sexually assaulted by a man on Sunday. "A female sub-inspector in Punjab's Muzaffargarh district was allegedly kidnapped and tortured by a man who also tried to sexually assault her, it emerged on Sunday," the Dawn reported. Police spokesperson Waseem Khan Gopang informed that the sub-inspector …

Punjab Pakistan Policewoman

3 years, 3 months ago

Nearly 100 abducted Nigerian students freed

The Hindu

Nigerian kidnappers have freed scores of students abducted from three schools in the northwest this year, officials said Friday, following a burst of sudden releases. The mass abductions were part of a string of kidnapping for ransom attacks on Nigerian schools and colleges this year by heavily armed gangs known locally as bandits. Nearly 100 pupils abducted from an Islamic …

Nigerian Students Abducted

3 years, 5 months ago

Their ancestors were enslaved workers. Now they’re among the first to get cash reparations

CNN

CNN — Linda Johnson-Thomas’ grandfather worked at the Virginia Theological Seminary for more than a decade, first as a farm laborer before moving up to head janitor. courtesy Linda Johnson Thomas “All I knew was that he grew up on the seminary,” said Johnson-Thomas, 65, who lives in Mitchellville, Maryland. “We knew there were slaves in Alexandria – but we …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Who is Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s next president?

Al Jazeera

From his time at the seminary in Qom to hardline president-elect, Ebrahim Raisi has come a long way. Tehran, Iran – Judiciary head Ebrahim Raisi has been elected as the next president of Iran at a critical juncture for the country. Raisi was promoted to attorney general of Iran in 2014 and remained in that position until 2016, when he …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Gunmen Kidnap More Than 100 Children from Islamic Seminary in Nigeria: Authorities

News 18

Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped scores of children from an Islamic seminary in central Nigeria’s Niger state, police and residents said. Some 200 children were at the school at the time of the attack, the Niger state government said on Twitter, adding that “an unconfirmed number” were taken. Niger state police spokesman Wasiu Abiodun said the attackers arrived on motorbikes in …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Scores of children abducted from Islamic seminary in Nigeria

India Today

Gunmen kidnapped scores of children from an Islamic seminary in central Nigeria, officials said, the latest in a string of such incidents plaguing the populous African nation. Some 200 children were at the school in Niger state on Sunday during the attack, the local government tweeted, adding "an unconfirmed number" were taken. Niger state police spokesman Wasiu Abiodun said the …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Biden warns it's not yet time to return to normal as he brings forward vaccination eligibility goal

Daily Mail

President Joe Biden warned Americans on Tuesday that 'we aren't at the finish line' when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic and said it is not yet time to return to normal. President Joe Biden warned Americans that 'we aren't at the finish line' when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic and he reminded people to remain cautious President Biden …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Some Black Southern Baptists feel shut out by white leaders

Associated Press

As a student in college and seminary, then as a pastor in Texas, Dwight McKissic has been affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention for more than 45 years. More recently Mohler played a key role in the seminary presidents’ repudiation of critical race theory — a broad term used in academic and activist circles to describe critiques of systemic racism …

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Teenager's Skeleton Found In Kanpur Madrassa; ABCD, May 2023 Written On Board

UP Islamic seminary Darul Uloom lifts ban on women's entry, veils compulsory

After 6 months: Deoband seminary lifts ban on women visitors, imposes conditions

Catholics face a shortage of priests. But one Indonesian seminary is overwhelmed with applicants

California evangelical seminary ponders changes that would make it more welcoming to LGBTQ students

Darul Uloom bans entry of women, says they made reels; activists say unfair

Southern Baptists pick a California seminary president to lead its troubled administrative body

Fatwa on website:No ground for lodging FIR against Darul Uloom of Deoband, say police

Indian town sets a curfew and orders police to shoot violators after deadly clashes over a mosque

Rajnath on three-day Lucknow visit from June 16

Bolivian Catholic priest accused of abusing seminary students

Darul Uloom Deoband issues fatwa warning students against shaving, says students without beards won't be allowed on the premises

Darul Uloom supports survey of madrasas, issues advisory

No relief for former president of Union Biblical Seminary in POSH case

Lived in Kabul for years, right under everyone's noses: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid says he lived in Kabul right under nose of his adversaries

Pakistan: Policewoman abducted, tortured, sexually assaulted in Punjab

Nearly 100 abducted Nigerian students freed

Their ancestors were enslaved workers. Now they’re among the first to get cash reparations

Who is Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s next president?

Gunmen Kidnap More Than 100 Children from Islamic Seminary in Nigeria: Authorities

Scores of children abducted from Islamic seminary in Nigeria

Biden warns it's not yet time to return to normal as he brings forward vaccination eligibility goal

Some Black Southern Baptists feel shut out by white leaders