 LAHORE: The Ittehad Tanzeemaatul Madaris al-Diniya (ITMD), a grouping of seminaries and wafaqs, on Thursday described the governmentâs decision to expel foreign students from Pakistani seminaries as âfanaticismâ and a serious breach of human rights, Online reported.
| "Yeah! It ain't rational to want to throw the Krazed Killers outta Pakland before they've bumped anybody off! Well, not very many people, anyway..." |
The ITMD met in an emergency session here at Jamia Ashrafia with Maulana Fazlur Rahim in the chair and then issued a joint statement that was read out at a press conference. The statement said the governmentâs decision to expel foreign students had benefited India because it had offered visas to such students.
| "But they're gonna teach 'em to be Hindoos! Next thing you know, they'll be bowin' down in fronta them gods with 18 arms! They'll be learnin' how to read an' write and there's no tellin' what'll happen!" |
The Ittehad could not agree to the idea of launching a countrywide protest against the government.
Staff report adds: According to the statement, the top ITMD leaders will soon meet the president and prime minister to discuss the registration of seminaries, foreign students and awarding the status of boards to wafaqs. âIf the government is not flexible on the issue of registration of religious institutions, we will be bound to protect the religious institutions with the help of other religious and political forces,â said the ITMD statement.
| Sounds like a threat to me... |
However, it added that the Ittehad was optimistic its dialogue with the government would succeed. They said that the heads of seminaries were not against registering, but objected to the governmentâs methods. |