Islamic schools

A middle school student wearing a hijab raises her hand during an Islamic ethics class at the Averroes school, France's biggest Muslim educational institution that has lost its state funding on grounds of administrative failures and questionable teaching practises, in Lille, France, March 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ardee Napolitano
Europe

Muslim schools caught up in France's fight against Islamism

President Emmanuel Macron has undertaken a crackdown on what he calls Islamist separatism and radical Islam in France following deadly jihadist attacks in recent years by foreign and homegrown...

FILE PHOTO: Muslims eat their Iftar (breaking of fast) meal during the holy month of Ramadan inside a madrasa that also acts as a mosque in village Nayabans in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
South Asia

India's top court puts order banning Islamic schools on hold

Schoolchildren study inside their classroom at a government-run school in Kolkata November 20, 2014. Picture taken November 20. To match story INDIA-RELIGION/EDUCATION REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
South Asia

Indian state bans Islamic schools, drawing criticism