Of many grievenceses against the supposedly secular gov.of India ,here i came across two major regret by MUSLIMS living in India.
1/Madrssah the oldest primary education institution in the country ,non demotional where all religous children can & do study if they want are being persecuted,made target of false accuastion of fundamentalist terrorism & biased prejudiciasl propaganda.
2/ The history as has been known to the world till now is being manufactured by such communalists like Arun Shourie & RAjaram ,to glorify the non existent past without any credible evidence.
Lets be objective…
Br. Nafisul Hasan has provided a news clipping (TOI 24 Dec 2001) on
information about UP govt’s decision to issue an ordinance for qualitative &
quantitative improvement in Madrasas. He expressed his optimism on, " a good
step forward toward minorities welfare" followed by a dig at the Ulemas
asking them whether they are pleased or amused with this decision.
The Islamic education in general & the Deeni madaris in particular are the
subject of discussions & debates in our country now a days. The 11 Sept
attack on US, the Afghan war which eliminated the Taliban, then the recent
attack on our parliament has provided further vigour to this debate.
Prior to these incidents, the ruling political formation in our country was
gunning for the madrasas with a sustained campaign projecting madrasas as
the dens of terrorists. However, all these claims were without any back-up
but surely succeeded to an extent to demonise the madrasas to discredit the
religion & the Muslim community.
In a recent meeting our Home Minister resolved to crackdown on the illegal
madarasas which according to the Home Ministry report, “pose a threat to
national security”.
The vicious campaign by the BJP government in UP is known to everyone. The
Sangh Parivar’s perception of Islam, Muslims & their seminaries are well
known which is full of venom & hatred. It is undoubtedly their agenda to
either finish each & every school of religious teaching or transform these
institutions by way of intimidation where Islam can be Indianised.
Don’t forget, they are talking about Indianisation of Islam, cultural
transformation of Muslims in India & even asking to interpret Quran & Islam.
There are even elements within the Muslim fold who think that the highly
respected institution like Deoband is promoting puritanical brand of Islam.
Puritanical means practising or affecting strict religious & moral
behaviour.
So, what they mean by asking to Indianise the Islam or dump the puritanical
brand of Islam?
Do they want the Muslims to dump the Hadith & Sunnah of the Prophet (PUB)?
Do they want the Muslims to earn through Usury?
Do they want the Muslims to marry non-Muslims without converting?
Do they want the Muslims to create a replica of Kaba in India & perform Haj
there?
Do they want Muslim girls to give up hijab & indulge in all those social
activities which are recognised as not immoral by the so-called civilized
society?
Do they want Muslims to not ask for their personal law?
Do they want Muslims to stop growing beard?
Do they want Muslims to Hindunize & accept everything against their faith?
The list & demands are unending.
In fact anything bears the name of Islam & Muslims would be unacceptable to
these fascist forces or they may even accept it provided it is corrupted,
distorted & concocted. In a nut shell, the message is clear - you can be
anything but Muslims.
Against this backdrop, the latest in the series of the vicious campaign
which would be defined by the hawks as “constructive engagement” is the
aforesaid so-called UP government ordinance, to bring in qualitative &
quantitative improvement in madrasa education should be seen.
Are we so naive? Do we still could imagine (not believe) that the BJP or for
that matter the Sangh Parivar could think something constructive for the
Muslims?
At the time while there are two hardcore hawks sitting in the cabinet
occupying two important ministries namely Home & HRD, who are doing
everything possible at their command to kill the aspirations of Muslims,
design, develop & implement long term plans which could harm the Muslims,
can we believe that the present government is sincere about our issues. A
big NO.
Let’s look at the new ordinance & how the so-called Madrasa Education Board
(MEB) is going to be constituted.
Prior to this ordinance one needs to know that in 1994, the Union Government
(not the state Government) launched the scheme promoted by HRD Ministry
where the govt assists madrasas with one or two teachers of modern subjects
like science, Maths and English. Many universities now accept the
certificates issued by such madrasas. In UP alone 700 madrasas are covered
under this scheme while in West Bengal And Assam, there is the
Madrassa-e-Alia stream which include most of the subjects taught in
mainstream schools and is recognised by universities.
In these schemes, there is nowhere an interference nor the authority of the
madrasas is tampered with. This experiment at the best could be revitalized
& reviewed to make it more constructive & result oriented.
The recent ordinance says the Arabic & Farsi Education Board will be
dissolved and merge with MEB.
What would be the shape of the MEB?
- Headed by - noted educationist having long experience in traditional
madrasa education.
The track record of the BJP is dubious. For them the best available
historians in the country are those who were long time clerks, but
affiliated to the VHP, were brought in to head the NCERT & The Indian
History Congress. Both the gentlemen created a havoc with the fullest
support from the HRD Minister by changing the curriculum & re-writing the
history. The internationally recognised historians of our country are
described by our HRD Minister as intellectual terrorists who are more
dangerous than the Taliban.
One can imagine a person chosen by the Sangh Parivar to head the MEB & his
credibility who will only serve to achieve the objectives of the Hawks as
mentioned above.
Mind well you will have no choice & no say at all.
- Director - Minority Welfare.
Not necessarily be a Muslim and not even necessarily be a secular Hindu as
well. A person within the bureaucracy having affiliation to VHP & BD would
be the best choice for this post.
You have no choice & no say at all.
- One member each from Sunni & Shia sects to be nominated by UP
legislature.
This will be the political appointment. We have persons like Syed Shahnawaz
& Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi to fill these slots. However, this move seems to be
initiated to create more frictions between these two sects rather than
justify the sectarian balance.
You have no choice & no say at all.
- Principal of Government Oriental College Rampur.
This is little amusing. However, the person can be retired & replaced with
anybody who subscribe to the hidden agenda.
You have no choice & no say at all.
- Registrar.
A typical babu, sitting behind the desk who could be
easily dictated & directed or well briefed prior to his appointment.
The scenario is crystal clear & one can understand the deceptive nature of
this political announcement.
Showing optimism & giving a benefit of doubt to the Rajnath Singh government
will be suicidal & shows a complete mental block syndrome.
In the meantime, there are reports that the community is opposing this move
with its leaders describing it as an interference in the religious affairs.
Lastly, asking the Ulemas whether they are pleased or amused with this
decision is an act of over smartness. It is derogatory, as their own brother
is taking a dig at them at this crucial juncture.
Surely, the Ulemas are more wise than those who pose such questions to them.
They are perfectly capable to understand the design, so, are not pleased or
amused but surely, they are concerned for the developments taking place & of
course for those too, who enjoy by taking a dig at them.
However, the question of modernization & reform at the Madrasa education is
still valid & need an urgent attention.
There are some attempts & efforts underway towards this direction. There are
some institutions, NGOs & individuals working hard for this. There are some
Madrassas already initiated applying modern education.
All these attempts & efforts could be only successful when the community,
whole heartedly support these endeavours without asking silly questions. We
discuss the pathetic condition of Deeni Madaris but we do not accept our
responsibility towards it.
How best they can be supported, how best we can contribute to it from our
hard & halal earnings. It is a gigantic task & deserve equally huge
mobilization – resource & thought as well. Unfortunately this does not come
under our priorities but we still reserve our right to question somebody’s
wisdom.
Let us do it together, sincerely & religiously because it is our & only our
problem & we only should solve it – I am sure, we can – Inshallah.
May Allah purify our thoughts.
Jazakallah.
From: “nhasanddn” [email protected]
To: “AMU Network” [email protected]
Subject: [AMUNetwork] MEB
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 23:14:16 -0800Sub: Uttar Pradesh to Improve madarsa education
It is nice to ears that the UP govt. is concerned to improve madarsa
education.
The state cabinet on Friday 23.12.01 decided to issue an ordinance for
qualitative and quantitative improvement in madarsa education and proposed
to set up a Madarsa Education Board (MEB) on the pattern of Secondary
Education Board.The Arabic and Farsi Education Bord will be disssolved and
merge with MEB.
The board will comprise following:
- Headed by- noted educationist having long exp. in traditional madarsa
education- director , minority welfare
3.one members each from Sunni and Shia sects to be nominated by UP
legislature.- Principal of Govt. Oriental college Rampur
- Registrar
Full details awaited.
(Referenece -Times of India, dated 24.12.01)
It seems a good step forward toward minorities welfare.
Are Ulema pleased or amused?Nafisul Hasan (Alig.)
B. Sc. , M. Sc .(AMU) 82
M. Tech (IIT Delhi) , 85
Dehradun
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Here is a report from TOI Online. Prof Irfan Habib said that there are
institutions like the Aligarh Muslim University which would under no
circumstances accept the recent changes in the history text-books. We must
work in this direction that at least AMU does not accept the changed and
tainted history.
Regards
Osama Sajid (MCA-97)
Santa Clara, CA. USA
BHOPAL: Noted historian Irfan Habib has criticised human resources
development minister Murli Manohar Joshi for making “absurd statements”
regarding Sanskrit and accused the Central government of trying to “invent”
history.
Habib, who is here to attend the 62nd Indian History Congress, said the
minister’s claim that Sanskrit was the most scientific language of the world
and anyone who learnt it would naturally have scientific knowledge was
absurd.
“Study of a language could not make anyone knowledgeable in science,” Habib
said.
“One can study Sanskrit, Farsi (Persian) or any other language but that
would not make one proficient in science,” he said adding that knowledge of
science can be gained only by studying the subject.
Habib who has been attending sessions of the Indian History Congress for
more than 40 years since 1958 said there can be no dispute about historical
facts. “For example, Akbar died in 1605 and no matter what you want or try
to project, it cannot be shifted to 1607 or something else,” he said.
He said the statement of Joshi about intellectual terrorism that some
historians being more dangerous than terrorists shows the present
government’s lack of seriousness in fighting cross-border terrorism. “There
was no way in which any historian can be more dangerous than any
terrorist,’’ he added.
The historian said that right now the Central government controls only five
per cent of the schools and educational institutions in the country. He said
there were institutions like the Aligarh Muslim University which would under
no circumstances accept the recent changes in the history text-books.
The historian said that according to those who have ordered the changes in
history books, all knowledge about subjects including science was available
since the Vedic times around 5000 B.C.
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