Sunday, August 24, 2008

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Audio slideshow: Inside influential Indian madrassa

Audio Slideshow: Inside Influential Indian Madrassa --BBC


An Islamic theological school in northern India is undergoing a major image makeover.

The teachings at the Darul-Uloom Deoband madrassa are said to have inspired tens of thousands of other seminaries across south Asia - but also groups such as the Taleban.

Now the school is trying to equip its students with 21st-Century skills.

The BBC's India Correspondent Sanjoy Majumder made a rare visit to the institute, which for years has been closed to the outside world.

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BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Audio slideshow: Inside influential Indian madrassa