Watan se mohabbat ka Islam mein kya mahetva hai: MP Madrasa Board’s new syllabus

Madhya Pradesh madrasas to teach importance of ‘patriotism in Islam’.

Bhopal, April 1: At a time when madrasas across the country have come under the scanner of security forces for allegedly propagating 'radical Islam', the Madhya Pradesh State Madrasa Board has decided to introduce special syllabus on the importance of loving one's own country in Islam.

Speaking to news agency, ANI, Syed Imad Uddin, chairperson of MP Madrasa Board, said, "We are introducing a syllabus on the topic--Watan se mohabbat ka Islam mein kya mahetva hai (the importance of loving one's own country in Islam)."

He also stressed that madrasas across the country teach students peace. However, he admitted that he was not sure what the madrasas in Kashmir were teaching students.

"Baaki poore desh ke Madarson mein shanti sikhayi ja rahi hai, Kashmir ka mujhe pata nahi (Across the country, madrasas teach students peace, but I don't know about Kashmir)," he added.

Uddin said that students should learn what a high status the religion they follow (Islam) has given to those who love their country and to the loyalty to the country.

"We are also including lessons on the lives of Narendra Modi, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Abul Kalam Azad, who himself was a product of madrasa, APJ Abdul Kalam, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and others to educate madrasa students about their life struggles and their achievements," he said. The ongoing Narmada river conservation programme--Namami Devi Narmade--would also be a part of syllabus, he said.

"It (love for the country) is not something new, it is already there and one should not construe that those studying in madrasas are not aware of it as it is already there in the religion," he clarified.

A committee would soon submit its report on these new topics in the syllabus to the Rajya Shiksha Kendra for approval, and after getting the nod, these new lessons would be taught in madrasas, he said.

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