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Madrasas promote ISIS ideology, shut them: Shia board to PM
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI) Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board chief Waseem Rizvi has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to shut down all the madrasas across India as ISIS ideology is being promoted there to influence the Muslim children.
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Mahants, Maulvis celebrate I-day together in Rishikesh
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Rishikesh (Uttarakhand) [India], Aug 15 (ANI): Spreading the message of harmony and brotherhood, the students of Gurukuls and Madrasas here, along with Mahants and Maulvis celebrated Independence Day together.
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UP Madrasas directed to hoist National Flag on Independence Day
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Ahead of the 72nd Independence Day, the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday issued instructions to all the madrasas (Islamic schools) across the state to hoist the national flag and pay homage to all the freedom fighters.
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'Bridge course' to open doors for formal education: Naqvi
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 14 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said the motive to introduce the 'Bridge Course' is to open the doors for formal and mainstream education for dropout students.
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Muslim clerics oppose UP govt's plan to introduce dress code for Madrasas
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 04 (ANI): Muslim clerics and scholars are opposing the Uttar Pradesh government's plan to introduce a dress code for Madrasa students.
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Madrasas in UP to have dress code
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 3 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to make madrasas across the state "more formal" by introducing a dress code for the students.
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UP Govt introduces NCERT textbooks in Madrasas
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh (India), May 23 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday approved the introduction of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks in the Madrasa Board.
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Wasim Rizvi clarifies over 'Madrasas produce terrorists' remark
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 12 (ANI): Chairman of Shia Central Waqf Board Wasim Rizvi on Friday clarified stance over his statement that 'madrasas bred terrorists' and asserted that he in his comments did not intend to demean all madrasas.
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Shia Board chief served legal notice over 'defamatory' statements
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 12 (ANI): A legal notice was served to the chairman of Shia Central Waqf Board chairman, Wasim Rizvi, by Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind on Thursday, citing alleged 'defamatory' statements made by the former about madrasas.
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Owaisi slams 'joker' Rizvi over his anti-Madrasas letter to PM
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 9 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday called Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi a 'buffoon' and an opportunist for claiming that Madrasas bred terrorists.
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Madrasas produce terrorists, says Shia Board chief
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Shia Central Waqf Board Chairman Wasim Rizvi on Tuesday said that most of the madrasas in the country were not recognised and the Muslim students studying in such institutions were moving towards terrorism.
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UP madrasas refuses to install PM Modi's portrait
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Madrasas on Monday refused to abide by the Uttarakhand government's order of installing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's portrait in all educational institutions saying it is "against Sharia".
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