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Madarsa

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Muslim mob threatens BJP councillor Nooruddin after illegal madarsa sealed in Rudrapur: Read how Dhami govt has been continuing anti-encroachment drive in Uttarakhand

OpIndia Staff - 20 June, 2025

Uttarakhand government led by CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has been conducting a statewide anti-encroachment drive to free the government land of illegal structures.

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Lucknow: Inquiry into student’s suicide reveals that school manager Arshad Khan was running Madrasa inside premises of CBSE school, foreign funding suspected

OpIndia Staff - 22 February, 2025

A mosque is also found inside the school premises in which namaz is offered five times a day. According to locals, two years ago, the school held celebrations on the 14th of August (Independence Day of Pakistan) instead of the 15th of August (Indian Independence Day).

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MVS Films speaks to OpIndia after videos on train derailment Madarsa training triggers Islamo-Leftists to file police complaint

Shraddha Pandey - 25 December, 2024

In conversation with OpIndia, Vivek Tiwary, one of the content creators at MVS Films talked about the viral videos which have triggered Islamists. Speaking about the “Rail Jihad” video, Vivek said that it was based on the revelations made by the NIA and UP ATS that a Madarsa in Jhansi giving training to Muslim students to derail trains.

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Training to derail trains being imparted via madarsas in Jhansi and Kanpur, reveals NIA-ATS probe, mob had freed Mufti Khalid Nadvi detained in connection...

OpIndia Staff - 15 December, 2024

A probe by NIA and Uttar Pradesh ATS has unveiled conspiracy to derail trans in Jhansi and Kanpur using radicalised youths

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Dalit Lekhraj’s daughter becomes Sakina: Over 3000 non-Muslims studying in a madarasa in Rajasthan, reveals RTI; Bajrang Dal alleges conversion conspiracy

अर्पित त्रिपाठी - 22 November, 2024

Rajasthan Madrasa Board has informed that a total of 3056 non-Muslim students are getting education in the madrasas of the state in the academic session 2024-25.

Law

SC stays NCPCR’s recommendation of halting madrasa funding, no action to be taken against madrassas not adhering to RTE Act: Details

OpIndia Staff - 22 October, 2024

The Supreme Court issued an interim order preventing any state or central government from acting on the NCPCR's directives until the next hearing. No action will be taken against madrassas not adhering to the RTE Act at this stage.

NCPCR recommendations on madarsa education: Remove non-Muslim students, introduce formal education, stop state funding and more

OpIndia Staff - 12 October, 2024

NCPCR calls for reforms in madarsa education, stressing formal schooling for all children under the RTE Act and urging states to stop funding non-compliant madarsas and removal of non-Muslim students from madarsas.

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Uttarakhand: Clashes erupt between complainants and supporters of Maulvi Shabbir Raza who was arrested for raping minor girls in an illegal madarsa in Rudrapur

OpIndia Staff - 20 September, 2024

As reported earlier, The accused Maulvi, Shabbir Raza, was arrested on 18th August from Malsi village in Uttarakhand's Rudrapur. Raza arrived in Malsi only two months before his arrest as he was earlier living in Rampur Shahbad. The heinous crime came to the fore when one of the minors narrated her ordeal to her family members on 16th August.

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Strict interpretation of sharia, objectionable curriculum, links to extremism, violation of children’s rights: What NCPCR told SC about dangers of Madarsa education

OpIndia Staff - 12 September, 2024

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has submitted before the Supreme Court of India that the education system in madarsas in India is fundamentally flawed

Crime