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22nd February 2008, 04:11 PM
By Animesh Roul
The famous (and otherwise) Darul Uloom, India’s premier madarsa (Islamic School/religious seminary) located in Deoband in Uttar Pradesh, will be hosting a National Conclave next week (Feb 25). Islamic scholars and representatives of at least 6,000 madarsas from all over India will be meeting to discuss how to incorporate educational subjects like mathematics and general science into existing Islamic curriculum. Besides, the conclave aims to discuss growing Islamic radicalism in India and elsewhere which is often linked to madarsa education and training (part of terror indoctrination). There will be representatives of all Islamic sects, movements and practices, despite prevalent schism, among Barelvis, Nadwis, Ahl-e Hadith and also from Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.
Voice Against Terrorism:
Maulana Mahmood Madani, General Secretary of Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind.
"We have condemned terrorism earlier. But this time we felt that as an institution, the Darul Uloom had to take an initiative to make it clear that Islam does not sanction terrorism and that Deobandis do not believe in this either."
Qazi Usman, Deputy Rector, Darul Uloom
"We want to say that what happens in Pakistan madarsaas, is their business. We are keen to make it clear that killing innocents, let's say someone walking on the road, is not justified in Islam."
This is a welcome event. The voice and thinking against the radical Islam is though too little, its not too late for a spark within Islam. Any positive outcome from this much needed conclave will help in changing the existing notions about Islam which doesn’t sanction violence in the name of Jehad, and it is not part of Islamic religious duty. This would be the first of its kind in the country which will try at least, to deconstruct the notion that Indian madarsas are not terror factories, what they call it in Bangladesh or Pakistan.
http://counterterrorismblog.org/
The famous (and otherwise) Darul Uloom, India’s premier madarsa (Islamic School/religious seminary) located in Deoband in Uttar Pradesh, will be hosting a National Conclave next week (Feb 25). Islamic scholars and representatives of at least 6,000 madarsas from all over India will be meeting to discuss how to incorporate educational subjects like mathematics and general science into existing Islamic curriculum. Besides, the conclave aims to discuss growing Islamic radicalism in India and elsewhere which is often linked to madarsa education and training (part of terror indoctrination). There will be representatives of all Islamic sects, movements and practices, despite prevalent schism, among Barelvis, Nadwis, Ahl-e Hadith and also from Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.
Voice Against Terrorism:
Maulana Mahmood Madani, General Secretary of Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind.
"We have condemned terrorism earlier. But this time we felt that as an institution, the Darul Uloom had to take an initiative to make it clear that Islam does not sanction terrorism and that Deobandis do not believe in this either."
Qazi Usman, Deputy Rector, Darul Uloom
"We want to say that what happens in Pakistan madarsaas, is their business. We are keen to make it clear that killing innocents, let's say someone walking on the road, is not justified in Islam."
This is a welcome event. The voice and thinking against the radical Islam is though too little, its not too late for a spark within Islam. Any positive outcome from this much needed conclave will help in changing the existing notions about Islam which doesn’t sanction violence in the name of Jehad, and it is not part of Islamic religious duty. This would be the first of its kind in the country which will try at least, to deconstruct the notion that Indian madarsas are not terror factories, what they call it in Bangladesh or Pakistan.
http://counterterrorismblog.org/