Madrasa
- Delhi
BJP MLA leads mob to demolish ‘illegal’ madrasa near Delhi mosque
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Karnail Singh, led a mob of supporters to demolish a structure he described as a madrasa under construction, in Delhi’s Pitampura area on Thursday, May 21,…
- Hate Crime
Bihar imam beaten, thrown from train; wife claims killed over appearance
Bareilly: A 30-year-old cleric was killed after he was allegedly beaten and thrown off a moving train on Sunday, April 26, near the Bareilly Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh. The deceased, Maulana…
- India
Allahabad HC judges split over observations on NHRC, Muslim lynchings
Allahabad: In an unusual development, two judges of an Allahabad High Court division bench passed separate interim orders after disagreeing sharply with each other over observations concerning the functioning of human rights commissions…
- India
Muslim bodies slam Uttarakhand madrasa Bill, vow to take fight it in SC
Hyderabad: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and several prominent Muslim organisations on Monday, April 27, issued a joint statement condemning the Uttarakhand government’s proposed legislation that would make it mandatory…
- India
163 madrasa students detained by MP police released after 10 days
Bhopal: The hundreds of madrasa children picked up by the police from Katni and Jabalpur railway stations in Madhya Pradesh have been released after being detained for 10 days. Congress MLA Arif…
- Hate Crime
Kerala: Madrasa students attacked, called terrorists, while putting posters
Kozhikode: A group of madrasa students was allegedly subjected to assault after a dispute over pasting posters on private property turned violent in Kerala’s Preambra. The students reported that they initially received…
- Hate Crime
Video: Minaret brought down as mosque, madrasa demolished in UP’s Sambhal
Sambhal: Authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district demolished a 35-foot-high minaret of a mosque at around 1:30 pm on Friday, April 17, using bulldozers and JCBs. To bring the minaret down, a…
- Hate Crime
MP: 163 minors going to madrasa ‘taken away’ by police from railway stations
Jabalpur: As many as 163 minors on their way to a madrasa were allegedly picked up by the police in Madhya Pradesh from different railway stations on April 10. The 163 children,…
- India
UP villagers voluntarily demolish madrasa, mosque, school with bulldozer
Sambhal: The residents of Mubarakpur Band village in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district began demolishing a madrasa, a mosque, and a primary school built illegally on encroached government land using a bulldozer on…
- India
UP: 2 men arrested for assaulting minor student in madrasa
Saharanpur: Two madrasa teachers were arrested on Saturday, April 4, after they were caught beating a minor student in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district. The incident occurred under the Gangoh Police Station limits…
- India
Namaz offered at Maharashtra municipal office, BJP invokes ‘Hindu Rashtra’
Nashik: A group of Muslim men offering prayers in Maharashtra’s Malegaon Municipal Corporation office drew strong reactions from right-wing leaders, with some labelling it an unauthorised act in a “Hindu Rashtra.” The…
- Featured News
Cost of hate: In MP, school building demolished despite NOC from panchayat
A country’s true strength lies in its education and healthcare systems. Demolishing a school building despite having a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the village panchayat, just out of hatred, is a major…
- India
Running madrasas even without formal recognition is protected by law: HC
Allahabad: A madrasa can operate without gaining official recognition in Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court observed on Friday, January 16, quashing the order passed by the District Minority Welfare Officer seeking…
- India
UP ATS seeks details of madrasa students, staff after Delhi blast
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad, in the aftermath of the recent Red Fort blast in Delhi, has stepped up its monitoring efforts and sought comprehensive details of madrasas, their students, and…
- India
Uttarakhand clears Minority Education Bill, Madrasa Act to scrap by next year
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Cabinet has approved the Minority Educational Institutions Bill-2025, extending minority status benefits to institutions run by the Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Christian, and Parsi communities in the state. At present,…
