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Times of India
March 7, 2018
The superintendent of the Hathazari Barha Madrassa said on Monday resident students are not allowed to use mobiles, media reported. “We seize mobile ... The seminary was not against technology but the negatives of cellphones that far outweigh positives, a spokesman for the madrassa said. Get latestÃÂ ...
The News International (blog)
March 7, 2018
DHAKA: An Islamic school in Bangladesh said Tuesday it had confiscated hundreds of mobile phones and torched them in a bonfire because they were distracting students from their learning. Pupils at the seminary in southeast Bangladesh were ordered to hand over their cellphones Sunday to schoolÃÂ ...
Times of India
March 7, 2018
MEERUT: Chaos broke out at Meerut's Rohta road over installation of a loudspeaker at a madrassa there on Tuesday. Two communities clashed and raised slogans against each other's faiths. The brawl continued even after police reached the spot, following which they were forced to use lathi charge toÃÂ ...
News18
March 6, 2018
Bangladesh Islamic School Burns Students' Mobile Phones. A spokesman for the Darul Ulum Moinul Islam madrassa said, the seminary -- a 123-year-old institution with 14,000 registered students -- was not against technology "but the negative results of mobile phones far outweigh its positives". AFP.
Scroll.in
February 28, 2018
Gupta added that they were verifying if Alam raped the girl in the madrassa's premises. Alam had allegedly raped her on February 25. The girl's parents told the police that Alam had threatened her with dire consequences if she told anyone about the rape, The Hindu reported. On February 26, the girl lostÃÂ ...
SAMAA TV News Pakistan
February 22, 2018
Tagging PTI chief Imran Khan in his tweet, Bilawal called out PTI over reports that the government in KP is releasing an additional huge sum of Rs277 million for Maulana Samiul Haq's madrassa, Darul Uloom Haqqania. Bilawal was openly critical, saying that “PTI's Naya Pakistan will be built on the bloodÃÂ ...
The Express Tribune
February 22, 2018
Yet, efforts made thus far to implement madrassa reforms leave much to be desired. Existing madrassa reform efforts remain piecemeal and sporadic. The role and reform of madrassas needs innovative, acceptable and more doable strategies. The role of madrassas in contemporary Pakistani society hasÃÂ ...
Times of India
February 16, 2018
Of Rs 2,757 crore, Rs 404 crore will be used under an existing modernization scheme for Arabi-Farsi madrassas. ... Around Rs 486 crore has been assigned as grant to Arabic schools and a provision of Rs 215 crore has been made for 246 permanently recognised Arabi-Farsi madrassas of Aalia level.
Voice of America
February 16, 2018
Yousaf said the planned reforms would be implemented across the country in all madrassas, but the government has not yet set any deadline for provinces to meet. “All provinces are required to implement the madrassa reforms. Sindh, Baluchistan and Punjab are also working on plans to implement theseÃÂ ...
The Express Tribune
February 6, 2018
Another aspect that deserves serious consideration is the spread of jihadi trend that has spread across all institutions — schools, colleges, universities and madrassas. It manifests in the form of narcissism and anti-West phobia among madrassa students and in colleges and universities. Clearly now theÃÂ ...
The News International (blog)
February 25, 2018
He added the chief minister had sent a summary to the Finance Department to provide funds to the madrassa. Auqaf Minister Habibur Rahman belongs to Jamaat-e-Islami which is a coalition partner of the PTI in KP. According to the minister, 1800-2000 madrassas had been registered with his ministry andÃÂ ...
Daily Times
February 25, 2018
Speaking at a press conference, Khan said that 2.5 million students were studying in madrassas under the Darul Uloom Haqqania network because their parents could not afford to pay fees at private schools. “Haqqania has a network of madrassas. We are trying to bring their students to the mainstream.
Mid-Day
February 25, 2018
Faheem hails from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, and has graduated in Islamic jurisprudence from a local madrassa in Saharanpur. "Contrary to general perception, many subjects, including science, social sciences, and history are taught at madrassas, in addition to classical Islamic texts or deeni taleem," heÃÂ ...
The News International (blog)
February 24, 2018
He added the chief minister had sent a summary to the Finance Department to provide funds to the madrassa. Auqaf Minister Habibur Rahman belongs to Jamaat-e-Islami which is a coalition partner of the PTI in KP.According to the minister, 1800-2000 madrassas had been registered with his ministry andÃÂ ...
The Express Tribune
February 23, 2018
Yet, efforts made thus far to implement madrassa reforms leave much to be desired. Existing madrassa reform efforts remain piecemeal and sporadic. The role and reform of madrassas needs innovative, acceptable and more doable strategies. The role of madrassas in contemporary Pakistani society hasÃÂ ...
Times of India
February 17, 2018
Of Rs 2,757 crore, Rs 404 crore will be used under an existing modernization scheme for Arabi-Farsi madrassas. ... Around Rs 486 crore has been assigned as grant to Arabic schools and a provision of Rs 215 crore has been made for 246 permanently recognised Arabi-Farsi madrassas of Aalia level.
Voice of America
February 17, 2018
Yousaf said the planned reforms would be implemented across the country in all madrassas, but the government has not yet set any deadline for provinces to meet. “All provinces are required to implement the madrassa reforms. Sindh, Baluchistan and Punjab are also working on plans to implement theseÃÂ ...
Times of India
February 15, 2018
Rahul Gupta, registrar of UP Board of Madrassa Education, told TOI, “I spoke with ADG, UIDAI who told me that there is a provision for a student who has stayed in the country for over 182 days that he/she can apply for Aadhaar card. There are nearly 800-900 Nepalese students enrolled in madrassas of UPÃÂ ...
The New Indian Express
February 15, 2018
DEHRADUN: As the sun is about to set, Mufti sahab and about 20 youngsters are about to end their impromptu 'chai pe charcha' and go for evening prayers. Seated on the verandah inside the Madrasa Arabia Rahmania in Roorkee, they have been discussing religious affairs and other issues. As theÃÂ ...
The Express Tribune
February 6, 2018
Another aspect that deserves serious consideration is the spread of jihadi trend that has spread across all institutions — schools, colleges, universities and madrassas. It manifests in the form of narcissism and anti-West phobia among madrassa students and in colleges and universities. Clearly now theÃÂ ...
International Policy Digest
February 4, 2018
What that means is that the problem is far greater than ensuring registration of madrassas or simply ensuring that include modern science alongside religious subjects in their syllabi. The magnitude of the problem is illustrated in a madrassa in the city of Jang that has a state-of-the-art computer lab. AccessÃÂ ...
Modern Diplomacy
January 31, 2018
What that means is that the problem is far greater than ensuring registration of madrassas or simply ensuring that include modern science alongside religious subjects in their syllabi. The magnitude of the problem is illustrated in a madrassa in the city of Jang that has a state-of-the-art computer lab. AccessÃÂ ...
DunyaNews Pakistan
January 30, 2018
In his address, National Security Adviser, Lt General (Retd) Nasser Khan Janjua said a lot of work has been done in connection with madrassa reforms. There exists 38,000 madaris in Pakistan where 3.5 million students are getting education. He said as per new reforms, the students of madaris would readÃÂ ...
Times of India
January 28, 2018
ULUBERIA (HOWRAH): Gurupada Biswas, a Class VII student from Tantiberia village in Uluberia, was in a hurry. He was getting ready for the schoolbus that picks him from the doorstep to the RSS-run school. Unlike other students, Gurupada learns the basics of Sanatan Hindu dharma apart from subjectsÃÂ ...
Asia Times
January 28, 2018
The madrassa reforms require a lot of spadework to be done and legislation to be enacted to have any real force. The chances of this happening are not helped, however, by the proximity of general elections scheduled for July. JI also alleges that the government failed to brief religious parties on its plans.
NewsClick
January 27, 2018
... the 'victimized' for madrassa-culture. Madrassa system in India, no doubt, runs on the primitive model of teaching as old as 17th centuryDar-e-Nizami which requires timely reformation but banning them is no solution either. Studies note that only 4 percent of Muslims in India attend madrassas full-time.
The Hindu
January 26, 2018
A host of madrassas in and around the city celebrated Republic Day with students and nazims of these institutions hoisting the flag. One such madrassas was Ashraf-ul-Uloom at Saidabad in Old City. Students, some of them with the tri-colour pinned to the lapels of their kurtas, accompanied by theirÃÂ ...
Scroll.in
January 22, 2018
The student had tried to run away from the madrassa in the past when he had been subjected to corporal punishment, the police said. ... The Pakistan Police on Sunday arrested a cleric of a madrassa for allegedly beating to death an eight-year-old boy who had tried to run away from the seminary inÃÂ ...
The Hindu
January 19, 2018
Twenty-eight students of a madrassa in Bhiwandi were hospitalised for food poisoning after they ate biryani served at a local function in Roshan Bagh on Wednesday. According to officials with the Bhiwandi Nizampura Municipal Corporation, the students study Urdu and Arabic in the madrassa. OfficialsÃÂ ...
Livemint
January 18, 2018
Lucknow: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said closing madrassas was not a solution and pitched for providing modern education not only in Islamic institutions but also in Sanskrit schools to face competition. Adityanath said the country was not able to utilise energy of those “misguided” inÃÂ ...
Times of India
January 14, 2018
LUCKNOW: UP Shia Waqf Board chairperson, Waseem Rizvi, on Sunday claimed that he got a threat call from a person associated with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim for his "anti-madrassa" statements. Rizvi said he received a call from a Nepal number on Saturday night and the caller claimed to be anÃÂ ...
Times of India
January 12, 2018
DELHI: Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday called for a major revamp of the entire government school system in trouble-torn Kashmir, stressing that the youth were being radicalised by the "corrupted" basic education structure and disinformation being spread by madrassas, masjids and social media.
Times of India
January 9, 2018
NEW DELHI: The chief of a Muslim body on Tuesday said that "madrassas have produced terrorists," reported news agency ANI. "How many madrassas have produced ... I challenge this buffoon to show one Shia or Sunni or madrassa where such teachings are imparted. If he has proof, then he should goÃÂ ...
The Quint
January 9, 2018
Madrassas Encourage Students to Join Terrorist Ranks: Shia Board ... The Shia Central Waqf Board has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to shut down madrassas in the country, alleging that education imparted in these Islamic ... The Board suggested that all madrassa boards should be dissolved.
Times of India
January 8, 2018
... displaying photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a madrassa was against sharia, reported ANI. Reacting to a directive issued by Uttarakhand government, which makes it mandatory for all educational establishments in the country (including madrassas) to put up a picture of PM Modi in their premises,ÃÂ ...
The Star, Kenya
January 4, 2018
A court in Mombasa has ordered that 65 children rescued from a Likoni Madrassa be admitted to schools so they can pursue formal education. Resident magistrate L.K Sindani ordered that the children be taken to normal schools. Sindani further ordered the children's parents and guardians to present theÃÂ ...
The Hans India
January 4, 2018
According to the calendar issued by UP Madrassa Board Registrar Rahul Gupta, the holidays during several non-Muslim festivals like Christmas, Diwali, Dusshera, Mahavir Jayanti, Buddh Purnima and Raksha Bandhan have been increased. On the other hand, 46 holidays given on Ramazan have beenÃÂ ...
Times of India
January 4, 2018
Speaking with TOI, Haji Aklakh Ahmad, the deputy registrar of Uttarakhand Madrassa Education Board, the body which oversees madrassas in the state, said, “Members of various madrassas told us that the directive was an attempt to infringe the norms of Islam. They informed us that since Islam outrightlyÃÂ ...
India Today
January 4, 2018
After making it mandatory for the Madrassas to hold programs on National festivals, Yogi Government has made some major changes in the annual calendar. It has ordered the Madrassas to stay closed on festivals of other faith while reducing the previously granted ten discretionary holidays around MuslimÃÂ ...
Zee News
January 3, 2018
"As per the new calendar, holidays will be given two days before the start of Ramzan. Earlier, it was given 10 days before Ramzan. It will create difficulties for madrassa students and teachers to reach their homes in time for the festivities," Diwan Sahab Jaman, general secretary of the association, said.
Outlook India
January 3, 2018
Crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi with changing the nature of politics in the country, BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya claimed here today that leaders of the opposition parties were now visiting temples in contrast to their earlier attitude. "The country's politics has changed. You see theÃÂ ...
Huffington Post India
January 2, 2018
Apparently to bring madrassas at par with other schools in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government has now made a proposal to reduce discretionary ... According to the report registrar of the UP Madrassa Board Rahul Gupta has said that the move was to introduce children to great men by giving themÃÂ ...
Times of India
January 2, 2018
While seven new holidays have been added, 10 discretionary holidays allowed to madrassas for festivals like Id-ul-Zuha and Muharram have been reduced to four days. Also, these cannot be taken as a cumulative, but one day at a time when clubbed with a festival. Registrar of the UP Madrassa BoardÃÂ ...
Times of India
January 1, 2018
Bareilly: It has been a week since examination forms for UP Board of Madrassa Education have arrived online, but whenever Zakir Ali, manager of a ... Javed Ali, who runs a madrassa, said, “The managers and other staff of madrassas across the state have been making several rounds to the office of DMOs,ÃÂ ...
Voice of America
December 9, 2017
Madrassas focus heavily on Islamic theocracy and religious theology, eschewing more traditional classes in math, science and social studies. Historically, graduating madrassa students are eligible for one job: imam of a mosque. Students in madrassas. Bajwa said he was told that 2.5 million students wereÃÂ ...
The Express Tribune
December 31, 1999
ISLAMABAD: While students at seminaries may study some of the same subjects that children do at regular schools, there is a need to inculcate critical thinking amongst those at madrassas. This was suggested in a study, “After Study Hours: Exploring the Madrassah Mindset”, by the Pakistan Institute forÃÂ ...
Times of India
December 31, 1999
In his nine-point letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath, the board's chairperson also asked for revamping of the madrassa education and syllabus on the pattern of the ICSE/CBSC/state boards. These, he said, are his suggestions to authorities for the modernisation ofÃÂ ...
Scroll.in
December 31, 1999
The Uttar Pradesh government set up a website of the state madrassa board in August 2017, where all such institutions had to register themselves, the Hindustan Times report said. The government had then said that it was an attempt to check irregularities, improve the quality of education, and increaseÃÂ ...
Asia Times
December 31, 1999
Rizvi says he supports the prime minister's view that Muslim children must have a Koran in one hand and a laptop in the other. “This can't be done in madrassas. What are they teaching young minds? No one knows. The only job madrassa-educated youth can get is that of a maulvi [religious teacher] whoÃÂ ...
Times of India
December 31, 1999
"We can think about modernisation of madrassas. Closing them down is not a solution but timely improvements should be considered. I also ask Sanskrit schools that besides imparting traditional education they should give computer, English, science and mathematics education to face competition," he saidÃÂ ...
