Licensed, Renewed, Then Declared ‘Unlawful’: The Mysterious UAPA Crackdown on a Kashmir School
Tarushi Aswani | 05 May 2026 | The Wire
Jamia Siraj-ul-Uloom, a school in south Kashmir’s Shopian, was recently declared an “unlawful entity” under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). For over a decade, the school had functioned with permissions, renewals and affiliations granted by the Jammu and Kashmir government and the University of Kashmir, documents exclusively accessed by The Wire reveal.
A 2013 order issued by the J&K Higher Education Department granted permission to the Siraj-ul-Uloom Educational Society, Imam Sahib, Shopian, to run a degree college from the 2014–15 academic session. The order stated that the institution would be eligible for affiliation with the University of Kashmir, subject to compliance with norms prescribed by the government and the university…