Minor girl raped by a madarasa cleric in Madhubani, Bihar

The cleric made the victim swear on the Quran to prevent her from revealing the incident

Madhubani (Bihar) – In an outrageous incident that has come to light recently, a minor girl was raped by a maulvi (maulvi refers to a religious leader of Islam) of a madarasa in Madhubani, Bihar. This maulavi has raped the victim’s minor girl several times. The matter came to light after the victim was 7 months pregnant. The accused maulavi is on the run and the Police are making efforts to arrest him.

According to the information received, the victim girl used to go to Madarasa for tutoring classes. The maulvi would stop her and rape her after the other students left for home. Each time he used to threaten to kill her. Besides this, the maulvi also made her swear on the Quran not to reveal this incident anywhere. When the girl became 7 months pregnant, the matter came to light. The victim girl did not tell her parents about this out of fear of Allah. When she was seven months pregnant, her mother questioned her. After this, she narrated the entire incident to her mother. This led to distress in the victim girl’s family.

Villagers shut the madarasa by themselves !

It would not be wrong if one thinks that the public has started taking action to prevent wrongdoing given that the Government agencies have failed to take action ? – Editor

The revelation of this incident led to an outrage among the villagers. They shut down the madarasa and staged a protest against the accused Maulavi. The students in this madarasa have made serious allegations against the maulvi Qari Shahnavaz. After this incident, a case was registered against Shahnavaz at Khutona Police Station. The Police are investigating further in this matter.

Editorial Perspectives

• Constant occurrences of such incidents in madarasas have made an image of a madarasa a place to fulfil lust. Please note that not a single Muslim leader, the so-called progressive or the media is talking about this !
• After how many more incidents like this, will the government ban madarasas ?
• Will the local bodies, State Governments and the Union Government, who have given aid of lakhs of rupees to madarasas in the name of modernisation, take into account the reality of madarasas now ?