
New Delhi: Describing the sacking of Darul Uloom Vice Chancellor Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi as a disappointment for all 'secular forces', the BJP on Sunday said he has been 'tormented and victimised' for speaking the 'truth' about Gujarat's growth under Narendra Modi. "Removal of Vastanvi is a great disappointment for all secular forces. Though this is an internal matter of an organisation, it assumes serious connotations as the action taken is...

07:52 PM, Jul 24, 2011

Deoband: The three-member committee, formed by Islamic seminary Dar-ul-Uloom, to look into the allegations against it's controversial Vice-Chancellor Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi would soon be questioning him. "We are looking into the matter and will question Vastanvi on the issue very soon," the convenor of the committee, Mufti Ismail said. The committee will submit it's report to Majlis-e-Shura, the governing council of Dar-ul-Uloom, in the month of July, when the...

07:32 PM, May 15, 2011

Bijnor: Vice-Chancellor of Darool Uloom Deoband seminary Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi has said Muslims must embrace modern education as it will solve the problem of poverty faced by the community. Speaking at Shehzadpur Nagal village in Najibabad here, Vastanvi said the government alone could not bring Muslims out of poverty and modern education was the only solution. He said though Muslims comprise over 20 per cent of the population of...

12:21 PM, May 09, 2011

Deoband (UP): The top clergy of Darul Uloom will meet at Deoband on Wednesday to decide the fate of seminary's Vice-Chancellor Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi, who stirred a controversy by praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, amid speculation that he may be asked to quit. The faction-ridden Majlis-e-Soora or governing council of Darul Uloom will hold the meeting to decide on the key post following the controversy, the first of...

01:07 PM, Feb 22, 2011

Chidambaram said that India cannot view Islam as an "alien faith". ...

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