M.F. Husain to be remembered on death anniversary (With Image)
June 2nd, 2012 - 9:56 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Close friends, fans and fellow artists will remember Maqbool Fida Husain, one of India's greatest contemporary artists, on his first death anniversary June 9 with ... Read more...
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Madrassas help students make sense of the world (Comment)
April 20th, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
When I first came to Jamia Millia Islamia to teach, some 30 years ago, the madrassa in my mind was a quaint holdover from the past. In the course of studying ... Read more...
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Did Osama hide terror codes in Bible?
February 29th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 29 (IANS) Slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden kept two copies of the Bible where he wrote secret clues to future terror attacks to be conducted across ... Read more...
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India’s Sufi pictorial takes Islam to children worldwide (With Image)
February 18th, 2012 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) "O Imam Ali, can you tell us how far it is to heaven?" asked a group of Muslim pilgrims to which the wise one replied, ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh mosques double up as primary schools (With Image)
February 7th, 2012 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 7 (IANS) Amid the mushrooming convent schools, mosques still continue to be popular centres of learning at least up to the primary class level in Uttar ... Read more...
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Poor facilities no constraint for good schools in Jaunpur
January 9th, 2012 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 9 (IANS) Broken roads and power cuts have failed to deter people in their drive for education in this eastern Uttar Pradesh district. They have set ... Read more...
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A progressive madrassa in the heart of Uttar Pradesh (With Image)
December 30th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bilariyaganj (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 30 (IANS) Breaking the stereotypes associated with madrassas, a 50-year-old Islamic seminary here teaches subjects like personality development and home science, runs an elaborate teacher ... Read more...
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Police rescue 50 students from ‘Torture school’
December 15th, 2011 - 12:01 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Islamabad, Dec 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Pakistani law enforcement officers have rescued more than 50 children who were subjected to torture. Some of the children were as young as seven years of age.When ... Read more...
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`Kids rescued from Pakistan seminary scarred for life’
December 14th, 2011 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 14 (IANS) The 50 boys who were rescued from a dungeon in a madrassa in Pakistan's Karachi city will bear the scars for life, said a daily as ... Read more...
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Quran with Bhagavad Gita in a communal harmony class
November 21st, 2011 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Varanasi, Nov 21 (IANS) Holding the Quran in one hand and the Bhagavad Gita in the other, Mukhtar Ahmad conducts "a class of communal harmony" at a madrassa in Uttar ... Read more...
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Pakistan deports 35 Afghan refugee kids
November 17th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 17 (IANS) A total of 35 Afghan refugee children were Thursday deported to their country after they were recovered a few days earlier in Pakistan, a media report ... Read more...
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Two women show the way forward in backward Rajasthan village
September 20th, 2011 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Barmer, Sep 20 (IANS) When villagers see these two young sisters, Fatima and Jainab, teaching at a madrassa in this small village of Rajasthan's Barmer district, they hardly believe it. ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh not utilising central funds effectively: Khurshid
August 15th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Refuting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's accusation that the central government had neglected her state, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid Monday said the state has ... Read more...
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Quran and computers: Azamgarh madrassa with a modern touch (Feature)
July 8th, 2011 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), July 8 (IANS) Re-inventing itself to keep pace with the times, a century-old Islamic seminary in Azamgarh district not only has a broadbased curriculum with science and ... Read more...
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Nurseries of tolerance: Hindus in Islamic seminaries (Feature)
July 7th, 2011 - 10:44 am ICT by IANS
Patna, July 7 (IANS) Away from swank colleges and intimidating fee structures, a number of Hindu students in Bihar are lining up at madrassas to pursue higher education, thanks to ... Read more...
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Girls sweep Bihar madrassa board results
June 2nd, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 2 (IANS) Girls have created history by securing top ranks in Class 10 examination conducted by the Bihar Madrassa Education Board, officials here said.
Nasra Khatoon, of ... Read more...
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Three Americans, Three Pakistanis booked on terror charges
May 15th, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 14 (IANS) Three Pakistani-origin Americans, including two clerics at mosques in Florida, and three Pakistanis have been charged with providing support to the Pakistani Taliban, a media ... Read more...
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37 seminary students hospitalised in Uttar Pradesh
April 21st, 2011 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 21 (IANS) At least 37 students of a madrassa (seminary) in Uttar Pradesh's Kanshiram Nagar were hospitalised Thursday as they took ill allegedly after eating the food ... Read more...
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Four arrested after 14-year-old girl ‘lashed to death’ in Bangladesh
February 3rd, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Feb 3(ANI): Four people, including a Muslim cleric, have been arrested in Bangladesh in connection with the death of a 14-year-old girl who was publicly lashed.Hena Begum's was accused of having ... Read more...
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A madrassa starts yoga, propagates communal harmony
December 24th, 2010 - 10:56 am ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Karari (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 24 (IANS) Shortly after reciting 'Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim' from the Holy Quran, hundreds of students at a madrassa here fall in line for their first lesson ... Read more...
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CIA fears attacking Haqqani madrassa in Pak over concerns of violent backlash
December 18th, 2010 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): The Central Intelligence Agency has launched more than 100 drone strikes in Pakistan so far this year, but has conspicuously refrained from touching a religious school located in ... Read more...
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Dogs kill Pakistani girl
November 28th, 2010 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 28 (IANS) A pack of dogs mauled to death a six-year-old girl in Pakistan's Multan, a media report said.Sonia Bibi was returning home after attending a madrassa when the dogs ... Read more...
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Benazir Bhutto was killed by the Taliban: report
November 16th, 2010 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 16 (IANS) Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated by the Taliban, a report submitted in a terrorism court has said and added that there was no evidence ... Read more...
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Illegal weapons seized from Pak madrassa
September 16th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Sept 16 (ANI): A huge quantity of heavy weapons, including explosive materials, have been recovered from a madrassa (religious seminary) in Pakistan in raids jointly conducted by the Anti-Violent Crime Cell ... Read more...
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FIR lodged against former Nazim for forcibly converting Hindu girl to Islam in Pak
September 15th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Sept 15 (ANI): In the latest development in an incident involving policemen refusing to register a case of forced religious conversion of a 13-year-old Hindu Dalit girl in Lyari Town of ... Read more...
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13-year-old Hindu Dalit girl abducted, forcibly converted to Islam by Pak mullahs
September 11th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Sept 11 (ANI): An incident involving forced religious conversion of a 13-year-old Hindu girl belonging to a Dalit community has surfaced in Lyari Town of Pakistan.The girl- Poonam- was kidnapped from ... Read more...
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ISI-backed LeT establishing junction in Bangladesh to launch attacks on India
August 6th, 2010 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.6 (ANI): The arrest of three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives from a madrassa in Chittagong, one of Bangladesh's largest cities, in November last year, has underlined the expanding reach of the Pakistan ... Read more...
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Pak intelligence agencies warn of attacks on US Embassy, British consulate
July 16th, 2010 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, July 16 (ANI): Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that extremists are on the look out for targeting foreign embassies and consulates besides attacking foreign workers involved in various projects across ... Read more...
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We must stop treating Afghanistan as ‘our province’ for peace: Ex-Pak Minister
July 14th, 2010 - 6:39 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 14 (ANI): Former Pakistan Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has stressed that the country's leadership must stop treating Afghanistan as one of the provinces to establishing peace and ... Read more...
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Student found dead in Uttar Pradesh madrassa
July 6th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 6 (IANS) A 17-year-old student was Tuesday found dead at a madrassa in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district, police said.
The body of the victim, identified only as Abdullah, was found on ... Read more...
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Girls outperform boys in Bihar’s madrassa exams
July 1st, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 1 (IANS) Girls have outperformed boys in the examinations held by Bihar's Madrassa Education Board for the second consecutive year.
"Girls have outperformed boys in the madrassa results. Maulvi, Fauquania ... Read more...
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Women beat up Muslim clerics in Lucknow
June 30th, 2010 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 29 (IANS) Three Muslim clerics in a seminary here were Tuesday beaten up by three women for allegedly not conducting their "talaq" (divorce) proceedings in accordance with Shariat (Islamic) laws, ... Read more...
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Five children killed Maharashtra roof collapse
June 12th, 2010 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), June 12 (IANS) Five children were crushed to death and at least eight others were injured when the roof of a madrassa caved in due to heavy rains in Maharashtra's ... Read more...
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A street vendor turned entrepreneur who shared high table with Obama
May 10th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 10 (IANS) From a street vendor kid to sharing the high table at a presidential summit on entrepreneurship hosted by President Barack Obama to deepen America's ties ... Read more...
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Headscarf row: School management suspends principal
May 7th, 2010 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Alappuzha (Kerala), May 6 (IANS) The principal of a Christian-run school was suspended by the school management after controversy when a Muslim girl student was issued a transfer certificate because she insisted ... Read more...
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