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| Ulema reject Deeni Madaris ordinance |
| 2002-06-28 |
| Rejecting the Deeni Madaris [Madrassahs] Registration Ordinance, Ulema from all the religious institutions of the country has demanded eradication of the ordinance. Spokesman of the madrassas Maulana Hanif Jalandhari said the ordinance is against the sovereignty of the religious institutions and the promises made by the government in the last six months. Condemning the ordinance the Maulana said, "Religious Madaris Protection Day would be observed tomorrow (Friday) throughout the country. All the Ulema and Khatib would address various gatherings. Maulana Hanif said, "we were assured in every meeting whether with ministers or President General Pervez Musharraf that the ordinance would be implemented after taking all the religious institutions into confidence but this case was different." Y'mean he lied to you? Good Lord! Unheard of! He said that religious institutions had published Islamic literature without any fear and with full liberty. Ulema, he observed, are not against the registration but it is the process, which is not acceptable to them. Government must point out such institutions where terrorists were trained, he demanded. The literature includes a full range of jihadi magazines and recruiting posters... If government wants to carry the madrassas according to national standards then it must implement curriculum according to religion and latest trends in all institutions including madrassas and colleges, he said. Well, yeah. Setting a required curriculum would seem to be within the government's area of responsibility, So, too, would be shutting down "schools" that turn out illiterate gun-totin' cannon fodder... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |