In a first, non-Muslim student Shubham Yadav tops all-India Islamic studies entrance exam
The common entrance test was held on September 20. The university that Alwar resident Shubham Yadav is the first non-Muslim candidate to top the exam. “This is the first time a non-Muslim has topped the entrance exam… We’ve had non-Muslim scholars in the past,” Professor Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi said. Yadav has done BA honours in philosophy from the Delhi University. According to Yadav, he developed an interest in Islamic studies while he was in college and has read several books on Arab spring, Iran issues, Islam and…