Siraj-ul-Uloom is the first seminary to be declared unlawful in J&K. (File photo) Students and parents staged a major protest in south Kashmir’s Shopian on Thursday against the closure of the Siraj-ul-Uloom seminary and school . On April 28, the Jammu and Kashmir administration declared Siraj-ul-Uloom, one of South Kashmir’s biggest educational seminaries, an unlawful entity under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), accusing the institution of having “covert linkages” with the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), “serious legal, administrative and financial irregularities” and of fostering “an environment conducive to radicalisation”. Siraj-ul-Uloom is the first seminary to be declared unlawful in J&K. The move followed a decision by the administration to take over 58 schools “affiliated” to the Falah-e-Aam Trust (FAT).…