 Contrary to Maulana Fazlur Rehmanâs statement on registration of madrassas, government sources and Wafaqul Madaris Secretary Hanif Jalandhry said that Maulana himself had given âa go aheadâ to the registration ordinance.
| You mean he didn't stay bought? Who'da ever expected that? |
NWFP Chief Minister Akram Durrani had advised the governor to promulgate an ordinance to amend the Societies Act of 1860 so that seminaries could be registered in the province. Maulana refused to accept registration of 12,000 seminaries throughout the country on Monday. He said, âNeither will we register madrassas nor accept any restriction on them.â He added that he would resign from parliament if âthe governmentâs intervention in madrassas continuedâ.
| Somehow I don't expect him to carry through on that threat... |
âMaulanaâs statement came as a surprise because I had briefed him about the ordinance and he agreed to the amendment, suggesting a minor amendment pertaining to the definition of extremist literature,â said Jalandhry. |