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India-Pakistan |
Madressah finances |
2015-09-11 |
![]() But the job is likely to prove harder than what the minister imagines. Simple jobs regarding the madressahs have taken far more effort than the state imagined. Take as an example the relatively straightforward task of counting the number of madressahs in each province, and then geo-tagging them so as to have a map showing locations and other details of each of them. Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... had a very difficult time obtaining an exact count of the number of madressahs operating within the province, and more recently Sindh has concluded an exercise in geo-tagging them. Through that exercise it has been learnt that almost one-third of all seminaries in the province are unregistered. This is a large number and getting them to first register themselves with the state, then compelling them to open bank accounts in their own name and using only these accounts to carry on their financial affairs will take a great deal of focused effort and coordination. The exercise must be carried out though because transparency in sources of funding for religious seminaries is required, and this cannot happen so long as their dealings are either done in cash or through accounts opened in the names of their staff members. One only hopes that the minister has thought his statement through and intends to follow up on it with energy, because the wider goal of uprooting bad boy narratives and hate-filled ideologies cannot be fulfilled without plugging this vital gap. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 Success will come down to enforcement. Big fines for violations might do the trick. Who wants to volunteer to set the example? |
Posted by: Elmirt Chereck5838 2015-09-11 14:03 |