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Hindu students take to madrassa education
PATNA: Are madrassas meant only for Muslim students? Far from it, if results of Bihar State Madrassa
Examination Board are anything to go by.
Pooja Kumari, Preetam Kumari, Priyanka Kumari and Surya Narayan Sah
all students of Madrassa Islamia, Sandalpur in Araria district are among 100 Hindu girls and boys who have passed different grade exams conducted by BSMEB this year.
The results of the madrassa board for Maulvi, Fauqania and Wastania grade exams, declared on Monday, showed that about a hundred non-Muslim students have passed these exams.
Board authorities, who could provide list of non-Muslim candidates of only Fauqania exam, said 37 of them have passed. They include Sanjay Kumar of Madrassa Islamia, Khardaur, Sanam Kumari and Sandhya Kumari of Madrassa Rahmania, Joktia (both in West Champaran), Rupa Bharti of Madrassa Munamia, Balia (Begusarai) and Anita Kumari of Madrassa Faiyazul Uloom (Chhapra).
"All non-Muslim examinees were regular students of madrassas,'' board chairman Maulana Ejaz Ahmad told TOI on Wednesday. He said he spoke to parents of many such students who said education at madrassas was better and their wards were more disciplined. In fact, the second generation of a former legislator is getting madrassa education, he added.
This year Muslim girls both outnumbered and outshone boys in madrassa exam in Fauqania (equivalent to matric) and Wastania (equivalent to middle). "That more girls are joining madrassa and persuing education is an encouraging trend,'' Ahmad said. He said enrolment of Muslim girls in all districts, including Muslim-dominated Kishangunj district which has the lowest literacy among women, has increased.
Hindu students take to madrassa education - India - The Times of India
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I wont say much about that the letter to editor Dawn says it all......
Indians in madaris
Tuesday, 06 Oct, 2009 | 01:32 AM PST
REPORTS say that the RAW-trained mullahs from India are running madaris in Afghanistan, which are providing safe havens for the Indian agents, indoctrinating the Afghan youth for their own ends and being used to infiltrate terrorists into Pakistan. Strong concern was shown by the NATO commander from the US Army in Afghanistan, Gen McChrystal, over the excessive presence of Indians in that country, saying it would further exacerbate the situation.
Where are these mullahs coming from is a question that has the answer in a recent newspaper report. It says over 100 Hindu students have graduated from the Madrassa Islamia, Sandalpur in Araria district of India’s western state of Bihar. The board declared results for the maulvi (inter), wastania (middle) and fauqania (matric) classes. Poor Hindus send their children here as they provide meals and lodging free of cost.
ALYA ALVI
Rawalpindi
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