An Indian state ruled by Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party has passed a law abolishing all Islamic schools, saying they provided sub-standard education.
Opposition politicians criticised the move and said it reflected the government’s anti-Muslim attitude in the Hindu-majority country.
More than 700 of the schools, known as madrasas, in Assam will be shut by April, the state’s education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the local assembly.
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Opposition politicians criticised the move and said it reflected the government’s anti-Muslim attitude in the Hindu-majority country.
More than 700 of the schools, known as madrasas, in Assam will be shut by April, the state’s education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the local assembly.
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India's Assam state converts state-run Islamic schools into regular schools
Minister from Hindu nationalist BJP says schools should be producing Muslim professional workers, rather than future imams
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