ISLAMABAD, : Participants of Ulema Conference (UC) have said no change is acceptable now in Madrissahs registration agreement -2019.
” the matter of madrissahs registration should remain under ministry of education. Madrissahs should kept from politics.
Chairman Ulama Council Maulana Tahir Ashrafi demanded of government that the larger institutions with which thousands of madrissahs are affiliated they should be given right to set up their board. Education of madrissahs should be accepted as education at government level. One window operation which has been agreed regarding registration of madrissahs, he said this while addressing meeting in connection with registration and reforms of madrissahs here Monday.
He said 2019 agreement bears the signatures of Mufti Taqi Usmani, Mufti Rahim, Qari Hanif Jalandhri, professor Sajid Mir, Yasin Zafar, Abdul Majid, Dr Atta ur Rehman and Haider Najfi. From government side Shafqat Mehmood and education secretary Arshid Mirza have signed this agreement.
Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad said madrissahs are citadels of Islam. Protecting them is our responsibility.
DG religious education Maj Gen (Retd) Ghulam Qamar said madrissahs had to face diffculties in every era. But their problems were not resolved.
Allama Jawad Naqvi said madrissahs are educational institutions and these should be affiliated with education ministry. Government should sit with Maulana Fazlur Rehman and address this issue.
The speakers said neither any madrissah is weak nor those who are running madrissahs are weak. How it is possible that we should make any compromise on the matter of madrissah.
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