NCPCR's directive to close #Madrasas and halt funding has sparked outrage across states. While #Kerala’s Madrasas may feel minimal impact, religious organizations are voicing concerns over religious freedom.

https://thesouthfirst.com/kerala/minimal-impact-yet-ncpcrs-directive-on-madrasas-is-brewing-a-storm-in-kerala/

Madrasa Teachers Recount How Their Wrongful Jailing in ‘Child Trafficking’ Case Upended Their Lives

One man among the five who were jailed in the case said he barely steps out of his village now, and another spoke of how the men's families panicked after hearing of what had happened, given that videos of Muslims being attacked on trains are common on YouTube.

#maharasthra #bihar #GRP #IndianRailways #IndianMuslims #islamophobia #madrasas #india

https://thewire.in/rights/madrasa-teachers-wrongful-jailing-upended-lives

Supreme Court stays Allahabad High Court judgment declaring Madarsa Act unconstitutional

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court had on March 22 declared the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act unconstitutional. This verdict has been stayed by the top court.

#UttarPradesh #MadrasaAct #AllahabadHC #SupremeCourt #education #madrasas #hindutva #india

https://www.barandbench.com/news/supreme-court-stays-allahabad-high-court-judgment-madarsa-act

Over 10,000 Teachers and 26 Lakh Students Left in Lurch With UP Madrasa Act Struck Down

An Allahabad high court judgement declaring a key act governing madrasas illegal has left over 16,000 recognised and over 8,000 unrecognised madrasas staring at uncertainty.

#UttarPradesh #UPMadrasaAct #AllahabadHC #madrasas #education #IndianMuslims #communalism #hindutva #BJPStates #india

https://thewire.in/education/uttar-pradesh-madrasa-act-allahabad-high-court

In Photos: Mosque and Madrasa Demolitions Leave Haldwani in Stunned Silence

The once-bustling streets are now deserted.

#uttarakhand #UttarakhandViolence #haldwani #bulldozers #demolitions #mosques #madrasas #BJPStates #communalism #IndianMuslims #india

https://thewire.in/communalism/photos-haldwani-mosque-madrasa-demolition

After violence over madrasa demolition, police crackdown in Haldwani, Muslim residents allege

Locals say police officials barged into homes, assaulted women and detained several men. The police say they are not acting without evidence.

#uttarakhand #haldwani #CommunalViolence #PoliceViolence #UttarakhandPolice #demolitions #bulldozers #hindutva #IndianMuslims #IndianMosques #madrasas #BJPStates #india

https://scroll.in/article/1063549/after-violence-over-madrasa-demolition-police-crackdown-in-haldwani-muslim-residents-allege

Haldwani: Six Muslims Killed after Shoot-at-Sight Orders over Madrasa and Mosque demolition

Around six people have been killed due to bullet injuries hours after shoot-at-sight orders were issued by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday amid clashes between protestors and police over the demolition of a Madrasa (Islamic seminary) and mosque in Haldwani’s Banbhoolpura area.

#uttarakhand #haldwani #madrasas #IndianMosques #demolitions #bulldozers #UttarakhandViolence #IndianMuslims #hindutva #BJPStates #india

https://theobserverpost.com/haldwani-six-dead-after-shoot-at-sight-orders-over-madrasa-and-mosque-demolition/

Uttarakhand: Violence Erupts in Haldwani After Madrasa Demolition; Shoot-At-Sight Orders Issued

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has called for a meeting with senior officials.

#uttarakhand #haldwani #madrasas #demolitions #bulldozers #BJPStates #india

https://thewire.in/law/uttarakhand-violence-erupts-in-haldwani-after-madrasa-demolition-shoot-at-sight-orders-issued

Uttarakhand Waqf Board says its madrasas will begin teaching deity Ram’s story from March

The board’s chairperson said that Indian Muslims ‘should follow Ram because we are not Arabs’.

#uttarakhand #WaqfBoard #madrasas #IndianMuslims #hindutva #BJP #NCERT #india

https://scroll.in/latest/1062878/uttarakhand-waqf-board-says-its-madrasas-will-begin-teaching-deity-rams-story-from-march