In a significant development, the Uttarakhand government is set abolish Madrasa Board in the state and moves towards integrating minority educational institutions into the mainstream education system. It will be the first state in the country to dissolve its Madrasa Board and bring minority educational institutions into the mainstream curriculum.

Uttarakhand to Dissolve Madrasa Board, Integrate Minority Schools Into Mainstream Education

Pakistan: Senate Committee Addresses Child Abuse Cases in Madrasa | WION Dispatch

A Senate committee in Pakistan has convened to address the rising number of child abuse cases reported in religious seminaries (madrasas).

Pakistan: Senate Committee Addresses Child Abuse Cases in Madrasa 

Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary in Akora Khattak, about 60 kilometres (35 miles) east of Peshawar is dubbed as "university of jihad" by critics. This seminary encourages its adherents to conduct violent Jihad. Analysts say that the terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir have turned the spotlight back on the Darul Uloom Haqqania Madrasa in Pakistan. Critics call it a university of jihad and blame it for helping to spread violence across the region.

Poonch Terror attack: Spotlight on Pakistan's 'University of Jihad'

Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that extremism in Pakistan lies not in madrasas but in schools and colleges, where teachers were hired as part of a conspiracy to “basically teach extremism” during the 80s and 90s.

Major reason behind extremism in Pakistan is schools & colleges, not madrasas, says Fawad Chaudhary

Pakistan Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said that extremism in the country originates from ordinary schools and colleges and not Madrasas.

Ordinary schools, colleges behind extremism not Madrasas: Pakistan minister Fawad Chaudhary

Pakistan to regulate madrasas. About 3 million students enrolled in madrasas. Watch this video to know more.

Pakistan to regulate madrasas, 30,000 seminaries under the scanner

Modernizing madrasa education is a thorny issue in Pakistan, a deeply conservative Muslim nation where religious schools are often blamed for the radicalisation of youngsters but are the only education available to millions of poor children.

Pakistan to bring 30,000 madrasas under its control to ‘mainstream’ education

Today, there are over 15000 madrasas on Pak- Afghan border out of which more than 60% are in Baluchistan as the ideological hub of Taliban is in the province.

Opinion: Madrasas in Pakistan are serving as terror factories of Afghanistan

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