Madrassa
- Pakistan
Pakistan has more mosques than factories: Report
Islamabad: There are over 6,00,000 mosques and 36,000 religious seminaries in Pakistan as compared to 23,000 factories, according to the country’s first ever economic census report. The report comes at a time…
- India
Minority Educational Institutions Bill cleared in Uttarakhand Assembly
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Assembly on Wednesday cleared the Minority Educational Institutions Bill, which seeks to regulate all the minority institutions in the state by setting up a new authority, amid chaos and…
- India
2 madrassa teachers booked in UP for assaulting 12-year-old hostel student
Bhadohi: Two teachers at a madrassa in this Uttar Pradesh district have been booked for allegedly brutally assaulting and threatening a 12-year-old student for two consecutive days, police said on Friday. According…
- India
32 madrassa children detained in Bihar for wearing skull caps
In a shocking incident, 32 Muslim children were detained by the Bihar police on Monday, April 7. A video of the children sitting behind bars has gone viral on social media platforms.…
- Kerala
Kerala: Madrassa teacher arrested for branding student with iron box
Kannur: A Madrassa teacher was arrested for allegedly branding a student with an iron box in this north Kerala district, police said on Saturday. Umair Ashrafi, hailing from Tanur in neighbouring Malappuram…
- India
Supreme Court upholds validity of UP madrassa law
New Delhi: In a big relief to madrassas in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of the 2004 Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrassa Education Law and set…
- India
Madrassa students assaulted on train to Mumbai, youth who intervened also attacked
In a disturbing incident, a group of Madrasa (Muslim educational institution) students travelling in a general coach of a train heading to Mumbai were violently attacked by two unidentified assailants who were…
- India
Madrassa teacher’s murder: Kerala govt issues order to approach HC on appeal
Thiruvananthapuram: Facing intense criticism over the acquittal of RSS activists in the sensational madrassa teacher murder case, the Kerala government issued an order on Tuesday sanctioning the filing of an appeal in…
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Kerala court acquits 3 RSS workers in madrassa teacher murder case
Kasaragod: A court here on Saturday acquitted three RSS activists in a case relating to the murder of a madrassa teacher inside a mosque in the district in 2017. Kasaragod Principal Sessions…
- India
Girl student ‘slapped’ by NCPCR member while inspecting Bengaluru madrasa
A female student at a madrasa in Bengaluru has alleged that a team of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), led by its chairperson Priyank Kanoongo, beat her up while…
- India
Madrassa student beaten up: Maha child rights panel to hear issue on Mar 6
Thane: The Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has taken suo motu cognisance of a student being beaten up last month in a madrassa in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar for allegedly stealing…
- India
NCPCR sends notice to UNICEF, NCERT over Bihar madrassa curriculum
New Delhi: Apex child rights body NCPCR on Tuesday sent notices to the NCERT and UNICEF, asking them to explain how they were responsible for designing curriculums for madrassas in Bihar. The…
- India
Haldwani locals flee to evade crackdown; ‘burqa-clad women’ under lens
Following the violence in Uttarkhand’s Haldwani over demolition of an Islamic seminary, the police have claimed that burqa-clad women were pelting stones on officers on-duty. The women, who allegedly created a ruckus…
- India
Haldwani violence: Another injured succumbs, toll reaches 6
Haldwani: One more person injured in the recent Haldwani violence died at a hospital here on Tuesday, taking the number of people killed in the clashes to six, police said. On February…
- India
Haldwani violence: Uttarakhand govt seeks additional central forces
Haldwani: The Uttarakhand government has sought more central forces for deployment in Haldwani where violence erupted on February 8 after the demolition of an “illegal” madrassa, officials said. They said four companies…
