Madrasas

Madrasas in India: How 1857, British crackdown on Muslims led to founding of pioneering Darul Uloom Deoband

Through bonafide stories of products of madrasas, the authors of a new book narrate the decline of the madrasas from being centres of excellence to institutions of restricted learning with dark clouds of stigma surrounding them.

Assam Muslim body demands regulation of madrasas, alleges unregulated institutes are encouraging fundamentalism

An ethnic Assamese Muslim organisation has raised concerns over the quality of education being imparted in madrasas.

West Bengal Assembly slams Centre for claim about Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh using madrasas for recruitment

The West Bengal Assembly hit out at the Centre for telling the Parliament that there were inputs of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh using some madrasas for radicalisation and recruitment activities.

Waqf board properties to be geotagged, Centre to provide free UPSC coaching to Muslim girls, says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

New Delhi: Properties belonging to the All India Waqf Board will be geotagged and facilities like schools, colleges and hospitals will be constructed on them, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has announced.

Activists accuse Latur Police, child welfare panel of inaction against maulavi accused of sexually exploiting minors

Questions are being raised about why authorities are not taking action against the maulavi of a madrasa in Maharashtra's Latur district who is accused of sexually exploiting minor girls at the school. Social activists have questioned the inaction despite the complaints they registered with both the district Child Welfare Committee (CWC) and the Latur Police.

J&K minister accuses Bipin Rawat of meddling in state affairs: BJP asks Altaf Bukhari to 'not lock horns' with army chief

The BJP on Sunday asked Jammu and Kashmir education minister Altaf Ahmed Bukhari "not to lock horns with the Army chief".

Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat criticises madrasas for refusal to put up Narendra Modi's portrait

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat criticised madrasas in the state for their refusal to put up a portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Uttar Pradesh Haj office's walls painted saffron days after govt reduces holidays allotted to madrasas

The exterior walls of the Uttar Pradesh Haj office, opposite the state legislature building in the heart of the city, has got a saffron look overnight, days after the secretariat building facade was given the same coat

Uttar Pradesh school prohibits Muslim girl student from wearing headscarf, tells her to join a madrassa

A school in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh has reportedly barred Muslim girl students from wearing a headscarf to class, saying that they don't go with the dress code of the school.

Rajasthan BSF DG says rise in number mosques, madrasas on Pakistan border

Areas close to the international border in Rajasthan have witnessed a spurt in establishment of mosques and madrasas which has raised concern in BSF