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Madarsa

Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Uproar in Sambhal after police thwart attempt to illegally construct a mosque overnight, police deployed

OpIndia Staff - 16 November, 2019

In the Sambhal district of UP, the police stopped the overnight construction of an illegal mosque in the premises of a Madarsa.

Government and Policy

Rajasthan: Congress govt allocates Rs 1.88 crore to Madarsas after claiming that Modi govt has not released funds

OpIndia Staff - 16 November, 2019

The Congress government in Rajasthan led by Ashok Gehlot has sanctioned Rs 1.88 crore for Madarsas in the state

Crime

Bangladeshi court awards death penalty to ex-Madarsa headmaster and 15 others for burning teenager Nusrat to death

OpIndia Staff - 26 October, 2019

Around 80 per cent of the teenager's body was burnt. After fighting for her life for five days, Nusrat succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on April 10.

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Government school children forced to recite Islamic prayer, principal Furkan Ali suspended after complaint

OpIndia Staff - 15 October, 2019

Principal Furqan Ali claimed that 90% students are Muslims and they had insisted to recite Islamic prayer

Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Minor boy brutally stabbed inside a Madarsa, police suspects some insider’s role

OpIndia Staff - 2 October, 2019

The child was attacked inside a hall in the Madarsa where 17 children were sleeping.

Crime

Kerala: Madarsa ‘teacher’ arrested for sexually assaulting a minor student, was running the facility without licence

OpIndia Staff - 24 September, 2019

Medical examination of the underage victim has confirmed sexual assault. The accused teacher Mohammad Rafeeq has been arrested and under POCSO Act.

News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Minor boys found chained in madarsa, accused Mufti Md Sad and Hafiz Salman arrested

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2019

The boys were rescued after local residents saw the boys chained to a bench and alerted the police.

Crime

Alwar: Madarsa cleric accused of kidnapping and raping a minor girl multiple times

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2019

Yusuf, who used to be the cleric in the Madarsa in the victim's village, allegedly kidnapped the minor girl and raped her multiple times in a guestroom of a mosque in Hyderabad.

Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Madarsa teacher Suleman Ansari uses CCTV to watch girl students changing clothes, FIR registered

OpIndia Staff - 30 August, 2019

Madarsa teacher Suleman Ansari allegedly used the CCTV camera inside a classroom to watch students changing clothes.

News Reports

Bangladeshis reveal ‘rampant’ rapes prevalent in madarsas

OpIndia Staff - 29 August, 2019

Reporting of child abuse and sexual assaults meted out to children enrolled in madarsas were considered as taboo until recently and had largely gone un-reported

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