Madrasa
- Hate Crime
Jaisalmer: ‘Illegal’ mosques, madrasa razed near Indo-Pak border
Jaisalmer: Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district administration has carried out an anti-encroachment drive in border areas adjoining the India-Pakistan international boundary and demolished six alleged illegal mosques and madrasa buildings constructed on government land,…
- Bangalore
Chilli powder water used to fend off school vandals in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Tension prevailed in Thanisandra after a group of people allegedly barged into Samar International School at Narayanapura and vandalised the premises over a long-pending land dispute involving a madrasa. According to…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad madrasa teacher jailed 20 years for sodomising minor
Hyderabad: A madrasa teacher was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment on Thursday, July 2, for sodomising an 11-year-old boy in 2022. The incident came to light when the victim’s father…
- India
Uttarakhand abolishes Madrasa Board, sets common authority
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday, July 1, officially replaced the state’s Madrasa Board with the Uttarakhand State Minority Education Authority, bringing educational institutions belonging to all six notified minority communities under…
- Hate Crime
Bengal’s minorities dealing with budget cuts, violence under BJP
Kolkata: The West Bengal as India knew it has drastically changed in the one month since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the state Assembly elections. With a newly presented budget that…
- Kerala
Madrasa teacher held for sexually harassing students in Kerala
Malappuram: A Madrasa teacher, who went into hiding after being booked for allegedly sexually abusing over a dozen students of an institution here, has been arrested in Bihar, police said on Thursday,…
- Kolkata
Bengal’s BJP govt cuts funds for minority affairs, madrasas
Kolkata: The newly elected West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on Monday, June 22, announced a significant budget cut of over 50 per cent for the Minority Affairs and Madrasa Education…
- Kerala
Kerala HC denies bail to imam accused of sexually assaulting minor
Kochi: The Kerala High Court denied bail to a 63-year-old imam accused of sexually assaulting his eight-year-old girl student in a madrasa, saying that it appeared to be a “premeditated criminal act”.…
- Hate Crime
Rajasthan: Mosques, madrasas get one-day eviction notice
Barmer: Multiple mosques and madrasas in Barmer district of Rajasthan received a one-day eviction notice, ordering them to vacate or justify their presence to the district administration. The deadline concluded on Thursday,…
- India
UP: After DM issues notice, madrasa authorities demolish structure
Uttar Pradesh: A madrasa in Uttar Pradesh‘s Sitapur district was demolished on June 10 after authorities deemed it was built on government land. On a complaint filed by Vikas Chaturvedi, the president…
- India
Two more madrasas in Ghaziabad sealed cited as ‘illegal’
Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad district administration has sealed an illegal madrasa in Indirapuram’s Kanawani colony and another in Ashok Vihar in Loni as part of its drive against alleged unrecognised religious and educational…
- 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…
