Lucknow, Jan 12: Two-days after Shia Waqf Board Chairman, Waseem Rizvi wrote a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to shut down madrasas alleging that they encouraged students to join terrorist ranks, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbasi Naqvi lashed out at media and termed people raising questions on madrasas as ‘mad’.
Speaking to News18 in Delhi, Union Minister Naqvi said, “There are some mad people who are raising absurd questions about madrasas. I am also unhappy with the media, why they ask questions and make it an issue. Nor the government, neither the BJP is raising questions on madrasas.”
“The madrasas of this country have contributed towards the growth of the nation and have also played a great role in our freedom struggle. There have been some isolated cases in which respective state governments are taking necessary steps. Recently, the UP government had asked the madrasas about their funding and other details, nearly 90% have given their details so far. You cannot see all the madrasas with the same point of view, it is not correct,” he added.
When asked about the recent controversy related to Shia Waqf Board Chairman Waseem Rizvi’s letter to PM Modi, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, “I have studied in a madrasa, am I a terrorist? I am really hurt and sad by the way people are defaming madrasas. Debate and concern should be on issues like timely disbursal of salaries of madrasa teachers.”
The Shia Central Waqf Board had urged PM Narendra Modi to shut down madrasas in the country, alleging that education imparted in these Islamic schools encouraged students to join terrorist ranks. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Shia body demanded that madrasas be replaced by schools affiliated to the CBSE or the ICSE which will offer students an optional subject of Islamic education.
The Board suggested that all madrasa boards should be dissolved. The Shia Central Waqf Board chairman, Waseem Rizvi, claimed that most of the madrasas in the country are not recognised and the Muslim students studying in such institutions are moving towards unemployment.
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i am a software developer in my country. i studied in Madrasa,Misionary school also and from premier T'shool. i would never say or find out madrasa teach terrorism. they teach us religious value. also been thought in many school as moral science. taught to read arabic and urdu. i basically rediculous shit that guy speaking about. but obviously all madrasa should be Govt recognised or Authorised. because we don't fake people to fake education.
Actually this Naqvi (who is also a Shia and Shia is not a Muslim community) is having personal anomity with Shia Leader Waseem Rizvi.
RSS and bjp want to play with Sunni and Shia's blood and now the purcahsed one shia leader with huge amount. But these game will never succees against GOD's will. The fellow called naqvi just dance per RSS hq drum beat and not with his own capacity adn knowledge. Since he his supporting terrorist group under carpet all are marked him and result will come duirng next elecetion or these crroked rss will side line him like advani joshi etc.
Here no one will trust on tkae his above comments this is his political gimmick and with in short period he will follow the same rss comment and agends which the shia leader ommitted.
BJP playing divisve politics by seeding fitna within the muslim community. The statement came from Mr.Naqvi who is also a shia, to appease sunni community after they realize the outrage among the sunni ulema on these issues. Nowadays shia leaders are given fully access by the Modi govt against sunnis.
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