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Seminary students urged to acquire modern education
[Pak Daily Times] Scholars, intellectuals and holy mans have stressed the need for scholars and students of Madaris Arabia to get acquainted with modern subjects.During their speeches at a training session organised by the Pakistain Ulema Council (PUC), they said that being an expert of religious education, an educator should also have the knowledge of worldly matters. In their lectures to students, PUC Central Chairman Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmud Ashrafi, prominent intellectual Allama Sidiq Azhar, Mian Saifur Rehman, Khushnud Ali Khan, Tahir Malik and Dr Khaliqur Rehman provided guidance on different religious and worldly matters. They said that present-day circumstances required the scholars and students to get acquainted with modern subjects and focus on inter-faith and inter-sectarian dialogue. The leaders said that in order to mitigate the concerns that have been created or are being created about the students and scholars of Madaris Arabia, it was important to tell the world that Madaris Arabia were the true representatives of Islam. Those who use their seminaries to promote terrorism, extremism, inter-faith and inter-sectarian divisions and conflict are not the representatives of Islam, they said. The students and scholars, who attended the training session, appreciated the efforts of the PUC. They said that training sessions like these would provide guidance to the scholars and students of religious seminaries, and help them acquire awareness of the demands of present-day circumstances and guide them on what they needed to do in order to meet these demands. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-24 |
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