Darul Uloom supports survey of madrasas, issues advisory

In a conference of madrasas organised by Darul Uloom in Deoband on Sunday, the leading Islamic seminary said it was not against the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Government survey of unrecognised madrasas in the State and appealed to the management of madrasas to cooperate with the government officials in carrying out the survey. “So far the picture of the survey that has come out, there is nothing to fear or be apprehensive about.” Reiterating that madrasas had played an important role in the Freedom Movement, Mr. Madani appealed to the directors of the madrasas “to cooperate in the survey as we have nothing to hide.” The senior Islamic scholar said as much as the community needed doctors and engineers, it also needed clerics and muezzins to serve at the mosques across the country. “We don’t seek government supports in matters of religion.in running of mosques and madrasas.” Answering a question on the education in madrasas, Mr. Madani said the Darul Uloom was working with the government to streamline the education in madrasas, and in the next five to seven years, the seminary would admit only those who had passed the 10th standard from a recognised education board. Earlier, Maulana Mufti Shukat Bastavi, Chief of Rabta Madaris-e-Islamia Arabia said the madrasas played an important role in preserving the Islamic heritage and in uprooting the British colonial rule.