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Greta Thunberg and Rihanna posters burned in Indian protest over external interference on farm laws
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Greta Thunberg tweeted in support of farmers who have been protesting since late 2020 on the outskirts of Delhi.
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Protesters in India have burned posters of climate activist Greta Thunberg and singer Rihanna, after the two voiced support for protesting farmers in the country.
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The farmers want the withdrawal of new agriculture laws introduced by the Government
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An Indian state has passed a law to ban all Islamic schools and convert them into regular schools, drawing criticism that the move aims to suppress Muslims in the Hindu-majority country, numerous sources reported.
Assam, India will be converting more than 700 madrasas government-run Islamic schools into general education schools by April. The state is run by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has been at the center of ongoing tensions between India’s Muslims and Hindus.
The schools are being closed because they provide sub-standard education compared to regular schools, and do not address “the temporal world and its earthly concerns” in their curriculum, according to the government. Madrasas include education focused on the Quran, Islamic law and subjects offered in most schools, like math and science. Once the schools are converted, they will no longer be able to teach students the Quran.