The Muslim body says non-Muslims should also not choose to “keep girls away from immorality and misbehavior.”
New Delhi’s prominent Muslim body, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, on Monday advocated for the creation of separate schools and colleges for girls and said non-Muslims should also refrain from co-educating girls. their daughters to “keep them away from immorality and misbehavior”.
In a statement issued after the meeting of the working committee of the Maiatana faction Arshad Madani of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, its leader Arshad Madani said that the kind of religious and ideological confrontation that is developing throughout the country can not be countered by any weapon. technology, and the only way to counter it is to provide the new generation with higher education.
He alleged that all post-independent governments had excluded Muslims from the field of education under an established policy.
He said: “It is also a fact that Muslims did not deliberately withdraw from education, because if they were not interested in education, why would they establish madrasas.” “I would like to repeat my words once again that Muslims must provide their children with higher education at all costs. We desperately need schools and colleges where our children, especially girls with religious identities, can get higher education in the world without any obstacles. or discrimination, “Madani said.
In its statement, the Jamiat called on the rich and influential people of the society to establish separate schools and colleges for girls in their respective areas.
Madani said no religion teaches immorality and obscenity and they have been condemned to all religions in the world.
“Therefore, we will also ask our non-Muslim brothers to refrain from co-educating their daughters to keep them away from immorality and misbehavior and to create separate educational institutions there,” he said.
He said good madrassas and good secular higher education institutions are needed in which these poor children can be provided with equal opportunities for education in the current situation.
On the recent incidents of mass violence reported in various parts of the country, the Jamiat said all political parties, especially those who call themselves secular, should openly go out and call for a law against it.
In reference to the incidents of violence reported by the crowd, Mr. Madani claimed that all this was done in a planned way and aimed to unite the majority against the minority inciting religious extremism.
He alleged that these incidents suddenly increase when state elections are to be held.
Madani demanded that the government take practical action against these incidents to protect its reputation, and the country’s civilization and culture.
In addition to Madani, Mufti Syed Masoom Saqib, general secretary of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind; Maulana Abdul Aleem Farooqi, Vice President of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind; Maulana Syed Asjad Madani and Maulana Abdur Rasheed Qasmi and others attended the meeting.