Another private madrasa was destroyed on Wednesday as part of the Assam government’s ongoing campaign against Madrasas in the BJP-ruled state.
The district administration claimed that the Madrasa- Markazul Maarif Quariyana Madrassa, was linked to Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Bangladesh-based Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT).
The authorities on Tuesday evacuated nearly 224 students from the building. The structure was demolished hours after police conducted a search of the premises along with a person, who was arrested on charges of being part of the “jihadi network” in Assam.
However, activists claim it to be part of the larger conspiracy of the BJP-led state government to demolish Muslim establishments. “Be it houses, shops , mosques or madarssas, this nefarious hindutva trajectory must be stopped,” research scholar Aasif Mujtaba tweeted. This madness must stop. There is a larger conspiracy from Assam to Gujarat to demolish Muslim establishments. Be it houses, shops , mosques or madarssas, this nefarious hindutva trajectory must be stopped.#Islamophobia #MuslimsUnderAttack #MuslimsNotSafe_In_Indus https://t.co/wwY4u8zZvA— Aasif Mujtaba (@MujtabaAasif) August 31, 2022
This was the third Madrasa demolished this month by the Assam government alleging similar charges.
On Monday, a private madrasa in the Barpeta district was demolished on Monday while another such structure was razed down in Morigaon on August 4.
Police have arrested more than 37 persons including a Bangladesh national for allegedly running modules of the ABT.
At present, Assam does not have any government-run madrassas as they all have been converted into regular schools recently.
However, individual or privately-run madrassas still exist.
