Deoband Islamic Seminary tightens Admission rules

New Delhi: Stung by accusations that it was helping spawn fundamentalism, Darul Uloom, Deoband, second only to Cairo’s Al Azhar in the list of Islam’s hallowed seminaries, has tightened admission rules, making more stringent the verification of credentials of potential students.

Foreign students, especially from Bangladesh, and those living in the border areas of Assam and West Bengal, even Kerala, have to now prove their credentials.

The new admission rules state that “students coming from border areas of West Bengal and Assam shall have to submit nationality proof, which may be an attested copy of TC of any government school, ration card, electoral identity card, electoral identity or Indian passport”.

Deoband Islamic Seminary tightens Admission rules