Madrasa
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Bihar: Minor Madrasa boys forced to ‘Jai Shri Ram’, probe launched
A group of minor madrasa students were harassed and forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram”, a religious slogan turned communal, in Bihar‘s Barahat, by assailants who are yet to be identified. A…
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Video: Madrasa students harassed by right-wing group in Bareilly
In a disturbing incident reflecting growing tolerance towards minorities, a group of madrasa students were subjected to harassment and intimidation by a group of Hindutva extremists in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district. A…
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UP: 40-year-old madrasa bulldozed after BJP leader’s complaint
The Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district authorities demolished a 40-year-old madrasa (Muslim religious school) in Bakhuwa village on Thursday, December 26. The demolition was carried out in the presence of a huge police…
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Uttarakhand launches Madrasa verification drive; sparks political row
The Uttarakhand government has initiated a comprehensive verification drive targeting madrasas (Muslim educational institutions) across the state, reportedly following complaints about illegal operations, a senior police officer said on Friday, December 21.…
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Asaduddin Owaisi welcomes Supreme Court order on UP Madrassa law
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday, November 5 welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the 2004 Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrassa Education Law. Asaduddin Owaisi stated that…
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SC verdict on pleas against HC order scrapping UP madrasa law on Nov 5
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on November 5 its verdict on pleas challenging the Allahabad High Court judgment that declared the Uttar Pradesh madrasa law as unconstitutional. A…
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Udaipur collector asks for cancellation of land allotment for madrasa
Jaipur: Udaipur district collector has written a letter to the revenue department seeking the cancellation of land allotment for a madrasa in Mavli town after the SDM sent a report on it.…
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Boy dies under mysterious circumstances at Delhi madrasa
New Delhi: A five-year-old boy studying at a madrasa in northeast Delhi’s Dayalpur has died under mysterious circumstances, police said on Saturday. There were blisters on the boy’s neck, abdomen and groin…
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Telangana: Several injured as mob attacks madrasa in Medak
Hyderabad: Several people were injured in an attack by right-wing mob on a madrasa in Medak district on Saturday. According to reports, the management of Minhaj ul Uloom Madarsa had purchased cattle…
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Delhi HC orders demolition of 40-year-old mosque, madrasa near Nizamuddin
The Delhi High Court has ordered to vacate a 40-year-old mosque and madrasa located Hazrat Nizamuddin area of Sarai Kale Khan, paving way for the demolition of the structures by civic authorities.…
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Tensions in UP’s Sonpur village after lynching of Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind secretary
Tension gripped in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonpur village after a 70-year-old madrassa owner and general secretary of Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind Pratapgarh chapter, Maulana Mohammad Farooque was allegedly beaten to death over a land dispute.…
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Maharashtra: Child trafficking cases against madrasa teachers withdrawn
The Government Railway Police (GRP) in Manmad and Bhusawal have closed two criminal cases against five madrasa teachers who were arrested in May 2023 and jailed for four weeks on allegations of…
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8-yr-old boy sodomised in madrasa in UP’s Muzaffarnagar, accused held
Muzaffarnagar: An eight-year-old student of a madrasa has been allegedly sodomised by his senior in Muzaffarnagar district, the police said. The incident took place in a madrasa in a village under the…
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Allahabad HC declares UP Madarsa Education Act, 2004, ‘unconstitutional’
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court Friday declared the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, “unconstitutional” and violative of the principle of secularism, and asked the state government to accommodate current students…
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Haldwani violence: Loss of lives, property damage, worrying, says Mayawati
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said on Saturday, February 10, that the loss of lives and damage to property in violence that broke out over the demolition of an illegally-built madrasa…
