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Topic: Madrasa

Why Allahabad High Court ordered the reopening of an unrecognised madrasa sealed by UP govt

Bench set aside order by Shrawasti's district minority welfare officer, directing closure of Madrasa Ahle Sunnat Imam Ahmad Raza on account of it not being recognised by state board.

How Uttarakhand CM Dhami is emerging as another Hindutva poster boy

From implementing the Uniform Civil Code to cracking down on 'love jihad' and the latest education bill, Uttarakhand is becoming the BJP’s new 'Hindutva laboratory'.

NCPCR has been on an anti-madrasa campaign—to rescue Hindu children

The Supreme Court has questioned why the NCPCR was only concerned with madrasas and whether it was even-handed in its treatment of all communities.

What is the madrasa bill that’s causing conflict in Pakistan? It endangers ruling coalition

JUI-F's head Maulana Fazal ur Rehman has refused to accept government ‘interference’. He has threatened to protest if the bill is not made into a law and implemented soon.

Madrasas in UP aren’t asking for govt recognition—they’re trying to lose it. Here’s why

UP Madrasa Shiksha Parishad, at a September meeting, found out that 513 madrasas have applied to close, some from as long as 4-5 years ago. Owners cite a lack of govt aid & students.

Madrasa teachers, administrators welcome SC judgment on UP law. ‘Tight slap on face of accusers’

In April, Yogi Adityanath-led BJP govt revoked licences of all 16,000 madrasas in UP. This had affected thousands of teachers and students in the state.

Right to run madrasa not ‘right to maladminister’. What SC said while upholding UP law

SC ruled govt-aided or recognised minority educational institutions can't run without competent teachers, in unhealthy surroundings, or not maintain even a fair standard of teaching.

After SIT, UP launches district-level probe into funding of Islamic schools near Nepal border

District-level committees will now look into 4,191 unrecognised Islamic elementary schools (maktabs). SIT was formed in 2023 to look into charges of foreign funds' misuse by madrasas.

RTE exemption for madrasas doesn’t take away child’s constitutional safeguards, NCPCR tells SC

Child rights' body told top court that Madrasas are an 'unfit' place to receive proper education, and that prescribed curriculum contains 'texts that profess Supremacy of Islam'.

In UP, madrasa teacher ‘sodomised, killed boy after watching porn’. Family recounts harrowing search

Hafiz of madrasa in Saura village has confessed to sodomising & murdering boy, say police. He & his brother-in-law were arrested 3 July. Family was told that their son was missing.

On Camera

Will US waiver on Russian crude help India offset Middle East losses? What market analysts say

Indian refiners had been importing roughly 1 mbpd of Russian crude in the recent months, and the waiver will effectively allow them to lift volumes above this baseline.

Indian Navy says it deployed P-8I, diverted ships to boost efforts to rescue sunk Iran warship’s crew

Two Indian naval ships involved in the search and rescue operations in connection with IRIS Dena, which was operating 20 NM West of Galle in SAR region under Sri Lankan responsibility.

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.