A two-day “Education Expo 2023” was recently organised by India Islamic Academy, Deoband and Islamic Research Centre Education & Welfare Trust. Several scholars, academicians and a select group of people participated in the proceedings.
Pervez Bari | Clarion India
BHOPAL – Maulana Fazl-ur-Rahim Mujaddidi, Fgeneral secretary of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), has stressed the need to incorporate modern education system in madrassas.
Delivering his presidential address at the recent “Education Expo 2023” in Aurangabad, Maulana Mujjadadidi, who is also rector of the prestigious Jaipur-based Islamic seminary Jamea Tul Hidaya, appealed to the officials of madrassas to understand the requirements of the present era and pay attention to the intellectual and educational training of students while equipping them with religious and contemporary education before sending them on to the field of action in society.
The two-day (December 16-17) “Education Expo 2023” was organised by the India Islamic Academy, Deoband and Islamic Research Centre Education & Welfare Trust. Several scholars, academicians and a select group of people participated in the proceedings, a press statement issued on Tuesday said.
Maulana Mujaddidi said intellectual and educational workshops and fairs are necessary and should be held in different parts of the country so that the people can understand the demands and ideological invasion of the modern age and prepare themselves to compete with it. This will also ensure protection of the Urdu language and literature, he said.
In the “Education Expo 2023” first lecture was presented by Nadeem Akhtar of Meerut on the topic of “Reality of Secularism”. He gave a detailed talk on the prevalent concept of secularism and communism. The second lecture was presented by Akram-ul-Jabbar, retired chief commissioner of Income Tax, on the topic of “Minority Institutions and Tax Matters”, while on the topic of “Responsibility of Arbab Madaris in the light of New Education Policy”, a highly researched lecture was delivered by noted educationist Prof. Tanveer Ahmed.
The first lecture of the second session was presented by the country’s legal expert Advocate Fawwaz Shaheen under the title “Religious Institutions and Legal Matters”. He shed detailed light on the methods of documentation of cases of oppression and violence and gave satisfactory replies to the questions put up by the audience.
Thereafter, the second lecture entitled “Ideological Invasion and Responsibilities of Scholars” was presented by Maulana Mehdi Hasan Aini Qasmi, Director of India Islamic Academy, Deoband, in which he discussed the prevailing ideologies at the international level such as liberalism, secularism, capitalism, Orientalism, colonialism, internationalism, globalisation, humanism, feminism, atheism and agnosticism by giving a detailed introduction and highlighted the tasks to be done.
Maulana Aini also gave a detailed talk on the prevailing ideas in India such as Shudhikaran, home-coming, Hindutva, nationalism, patriotism and discussed burning issues like jihad, saffron trap, apostasy and assimilation.
All India Muslim Personal Law Board Secretary Maulana Mohammed Umrain Mahfooz Rahmani, proposed a vote of thanks. “There is a dire need to update the minds of the scholars and the youth to work continuously on intellectual topics,” he said.
The workshop proceedings were conducted by Maulana Marghubur Rahman Tayyab Qasmi, Deputy Director of India Islamic Academy, Deoband. In addition to Aurangabad and Marathwada, selected scholars from Maharashtra and Telangana also participated in the workshop.
This was the second intellectual workshop organised by India Islamic Academy, Deoband and this series will be extended across the country, the press release said.
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Photo: Maulana Fazl-ur-Rahim Mujjaddidi, general secretary of AIMPLB, delvering presidential address in Education Expo 2023 at Aurangabad while AIMPLB secretary Maulana Mohammed Umrain Mahfooz Rahmani looks on.
