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All madrassas in the state will be required to submit their information on the platform...
Digital Desk: The Assam government plans to launch a website portal soon to keep a registry of all madrassas operating in the state. The website will provide information about the locations, names, and addresses of all madrassa teachers.
All madrassas in the state will be required to submit their information on the platform. The portal's primary goal will be to keep track of everyone associated with these institutions and to avoid any form of jihadi activity.
The decision was made during a meeting with state police on September 4 with various Muslim MLAs and officials from four Islamic organizations.
Assam police’s director general of police (DGP), Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, stated that the portal would have a database of an estimated 1,000 madrassas in Assam. "Assam police intend to compile a comprehensive list of all madrassas operating in the state. Many of them lack both registration and authorization. The goal is to stop terrorist and anti-Indian groups from using madrassas for their fundamentalist operations," the DGP said.
Most of the madrassas in Assam are run by groups like Ahle Sunnat Wal Jammat, All Assam Tanzim Madaris Qaumia, Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadith, and Assam State Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind.
Around 800 state-run madrassas were already converted to regular schools by the state government last year. However, there are still about 1,000 private madrassas operating in the state, 739 of which are registered.
Last week, the state authorities bulldozed a private madrasa in Assam's Bongaigaon district for claimed ties to Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and the Bangladesh-based terror group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT).
The demolition came just days after a madrasa teacher, Hafizur Rahman, was detained on August 26 for purported ties to terror organizations.
This was the third private madrassa to be demolished this month due to allegations that it had ties to state-based terrorist organizations.
Meanwhile, the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), led by Badruddin Ajmal, as well as Congress, have criticized the state government for bulldozing the madrassas, claiming that the government has been abusing the rights of the Muslim minority population instead of apprehending those responsible.
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